PUBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION ACT
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of 37 and 38 Vict. It provides for the appointment of a Judge of the Provincial Court of Canterbury and York, invested with the duties also of the Official Principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury; to try alleged offences against the laws of public worship: but this Act does not interfere with the Church Discipline Act of 1840.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.