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To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.

l plow. See under Mackerel. -- Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell. -- Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9. -- Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. -- Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-h…

; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms. Milton.

The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

o the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously. -- Pop"ish*ly, adv. -- Pop"ish*ness, n.

lly used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

hole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church.

To teach or accustom by practice; to train. In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor. Landor.

y Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.

nd or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate, church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.

A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3. Hook.

The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.

A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support. [U.S.] The parish, or precinct, shall proceed to a new choice. Laws of Massachusetts.

In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. Shipley.

A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.

The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates. Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices. Ayliffe.

as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.

One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.

An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.