Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cathedrals of the Old Foundation

Those which have never been monastic, but which have ab initio been governed by a dean and chapter, with the statutable dignities of precentor, chancellor, and treasurer.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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