ACCIPE ECCLESIAM

By SovConn | July 30, 2014

accipe ecclesiam (ak-si-pee e-klee-z[h]ee-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Eccles. law.

Receive this church or living. • The phrase was used by Patrons in presenting an incumbent to a vacant parish. Trado tibi ecclesiam (“I deliver this church [or living] to you”) was also used. Cf.

TRADO TIBI ECCLESIAM . [Blacks Law 8th]

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