Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Serving as a subsidiary church, or chapel of ease (which see, under chapel).
Wiktionary
- adj. subsidiary (to a religious establishment)
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.
Examples
“After a total of two hours and a quarter we reached Banza Chisalla: it is a “small country,” in African parlance, a succursal of Boma proper, the Banza on the hills beyond the reedy, grassy plain.”
“There are also two small churches, a succursal chapel of the cathedral, and a Ruthenian Catholic church.”
“In 1908 the Diocese of Moulins counted 390,812 inhabitants, 31 parishes, 281 succursal parishes, 55 vicariates.”
“He did not rest content with a mere strict fulfilment of the pecuniary obligations to the Church to which the Concordat had bound the State; in 1803 and 1804 it became the custom to pay stipends to canons and desservants of succursal parishes.”
“In 1909, the Diocese of Nancy had 517,508 inhabitants, 29 deaneries, 482 succursal parishes, and 91 vicariates.”
“Under the old regime Moulins did not even have a parish, the churches which served as parishes were succursal churches of two neighbouring country parishes, Yseure and St-Bonnet.”
“Protestants; 31 parishes; 296 succursal parishes; 58 vicariates.”
“The Diocese of Nantes has 664,971 Catholics, 52 parishes, 209 succursal parishes.”
“Concordat (1905) the Diocese of Saint-Brieuc contained 609,349 inhabitants, 48 parishes, 354 succursal parishes, 395 vicariates, towards the support of which the State contributed.”
“In 1910 the Diocese of Rouen had 863,879 inhabitants, 5 archdeaconeries, 45 deaneries, 16 first-class parishes, 47 second-class parishes, 599 succursal parishes, 53 curacies and about 800 priests.”
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