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- Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge [Dictionary edition]
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Advowson
ADVOWSON: In the Church of England, the right of nomination to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice, vested in the crown, the bishop, one of the universities, or a private person. Such nomination, or presentation, as it is called, is the rule in England, election by the congregation being almost unknown.
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