judicatory

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These annual mass meetings or General Assemblies continued to be held, for many centuries after their first establishment, at the city of York, and were, during all that period, the supreme judicatory of the fraternity.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

If then an inferior judicatory offend or injure us, we ought to carry the matter to another that has more influence and authority.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

It was given at first to every president of the eldership, because he was, in point of fact, the father, or senior member, of the judicatory.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

A Committee of Safety was the highest judicatory, and Allen was Col.

From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Though only one of the members of a large judicatory he was not the less accountable.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)