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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87897" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87897" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) One who appeals or entreats. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) One who appeals or entreats. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A challenger. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (a.) Relating to an appeal; appellate. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) One who accuses another of felony or treason. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20697" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20697" /> == | ||
<p> '''1.''' a legal term, denoting one who requests the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior court, when he thinks himself aggrieved by the sentence of the inferior judge. (See [[Appeal]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' The word '' | <p> '''1.''' a legal term, denoting one who requests the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior court, when he thinks himself aggrieved by the sentence of the inferior judge. (See [[Appeal]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' The word ''Appellant Is'' particularly applied to those among the French clergy who appealed from the bull Unigenitus, issued by [[Pope]] [[Clement]] in 1713, either to the pope "better informed," or to a general council. The whole body of the French clergy and the several monasteries were divided into Appellants and Non-Appellants; a signal instance of the unity of the Romish Church! (See [[Unigenitus]]); (See [[Bull]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
(2): (n.) One who appeals or entreats.
(3): (n.) A challenger.
(4): (n.) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
(5): (a.) Relating to an appeal; appellate.
(6): (n.) One who accuses another of felony or treason.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
1. a legal term, denoting one who requests the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior court, when he thinks himself aggrieved by the sentence of the inferior judge. (See Appeal).
2. The word Appellant Is particularly applied to those among the French clergy who appealed from the bull Unigenitus, issued by Pope Clement in 1713, either to the pope "better informed," or to a general council. The whole body of the French clergy and the several monasteries were divided into Appellants and Non-Appellants; a signal instance of the unity of the Romish Church! (See Unigenitus); (See Bull).
