Sentence examples for ecclesiastical settlement from inspiring English sources

According to tradition, he established the ecclesiastical settlement that later developed into the royal Scottish burgh of St. Andrews, Fife.

The newcomers were mainly from the Scottish Lowlands, and the English at first so feared them as competitors that the charter granted to London companies in 1613 added the prefix "London" to the name of the historic ecclesiastical settlement of Derry in an attempt to solidify English holdings.

Zagreb's old town consists of two medieval settlements on the hill: Grič, the civil settlement, which was renamed Gradec ("Fortress") when it was encircled by walls that were built to defend against the Mongols in the 13th century; and Kaptol, the ecclesiastical settlement, which was fortified in the 16th century.

Over the next two generations Worcester was transformed from an ecclesiastical settlement to a town with a diverse population of craftsmen.

The individual polities of modern Orthodox churches (e.g., Greek or Russian) are distinguished according to the amount of state participation in the settlement of ecclesiastical questions.

Orson Hyde, an Apostle and ecclesiastical leader of the settlement, published a newspaper called the Frontier Guardian.

Camp meetings filled an ecclesiastical and spiritual need in the unchurched settlements as the population moved west.

Thereafter Reculver's parish boundary, enclosing an area of about 2 square miles, remained the same for both ecclesiastical and civil purposes until 1934, and included the settlements of Hillborough, Bishopstone and Brook (now Brook Farm).

Two of his historical works became universally popular: Breviarium Nicephori ("Nicephorus' Short History"), which narrated events during Byzantine reigns from 602 to 769 and is significant for material on the founding of Bulgarian settlements; and chronological tables, which listed civil and ecclesiastical offices from the time of Adam to the year 829.

Though Basil had considered Gregory unsuited for ecclesiastical diplomacy, after his return to his diocese he was active in the settlement of church affairs in the years that followed.

Rural settlement in León and in the mountains of northern Andalusia focused on the ecclesiastical granges of the Reconquista, developing into small villages.