diocese
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diocese. In ecclesiastical usage, normally the territorial unit of administration in the Church. In the RC Church it is defined as ‘a portion of the people of God entrusted for pastoral care to a bishop’, but it normally comprises a particular area. In the W. Church it is governed by a bishop, with the assistance of the lower clergy and sometimes one or more other bishops; it is usually divided into
parishes. Dioceses are commonly associated to form a
province, over which one of the diocesan bishops presides, with varying powers of intervention in the affairs of other dioceses. In the E. Church the word denotes the area controlled by a
patriarch.
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Croquet Becomes More Popular with U.S. Audiences.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...Series of the year. But this time it's croquet. The game's most prestigious event...will compete for 15 days in the Croquet World Series for the MacRobertson Shield, known as the Olympics of croquet. Perhaps most familiar in the United...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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CROQUET'S A WICKET GAME, AND IT'S BACK.(Living Today)(Correction notice)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/16/1988; 700+ words
; ...Grondahl Staff writer "Depend upon it, croquet is the game of the future. It wants writing...Daaniel Deronda," by George Eliot By George, croquet anyone? With apologies to Mary Ann Evans, croquet is the game of the future. And the future...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Croquet has its day.(Recreation)(This sport is a matter of life and death on the lawn)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 8/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...times in the course of a single game. In croquet, you see, "deadness" is a mere inconvenience...president of the newly formed RiverRidge Croquet Association. Thanks in large part to Alderson, competitive croquet is finally springing to life in Eugene...
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CROQUET IS BECOMING A WICKET OBSESSION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...favorite game did. "I'm addicted to croquet," said the fit 65-year-old, who built a croquet court behind his Rye, N.H., home last...after playing the game for the first time. Croquet, in fact, is turning all kinds of people...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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CROQUET, IT TURNS OUT, IS NOT A GENTLE GAME AT ALL; LOCAL CLUB MEMBERS ARE DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT THE COMPETITION AT LOCAL COUNTRY CLUB'S COURT.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 7/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...follow the quirky game of six-wicket croquet. You can quickly figure out golf or bowling, but it takes a passionate croquet fan like Carol Marsh to explain what's happening on a tournament-level croquet court. Like, why do the players...
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Croquet: The sport where Britain rules the lawns
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/22/1997; 636 words
; ...championship in Evesham in 1867? The answer is croquet. The following year it was held at that...part of the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Britain may not dominate the sporting world in the way it once did, but at croquet it is still the best. Last weekend in...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Anyone for croquet? The game of croquet has never had a boost like the one it received after John Prescott was spotted playing at his former grace-and- favour home, Dorneywood. Nicola Barry charts the upsurge in what used to be known as an upper-class sport
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 6/7/2006; 700+ words
; The game of croquet has never had a boost like the one it...those embarrassing snaps of him playing croquet on the lawn at Dorneywood added fuel to...supermarket giant Asda has seen sales of croquet kits soar by 300%, although nobody seems...
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Thwock! Ah, croquet. The mallets, the hoops, the balls. It's as English as rain in July; as genteel as Merchant-Ivory; as summery as Pimm's on the lawn... But wait, hold on. Who's this character with the shaven head? And why do they call him the Beast?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...will mark the commencement of the British Open Croquet Championship. It will be as genteel a scene...backdrop could there be, one might ask, to croquet's showpiece occasion? For croquet generally evokes a Merchant-Ivory image of...
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New croquet isn't your grandparents' smash ball.(Virginia Beach Beacon)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 6/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...Jan Warren Correspondent BAYSIDE Some of croquet's most ardent players are residents...Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay. The new croquet isn't the "smash the ball" backyard version you played as a child. It's golf croquet, a game of finesse, control and, thanks...
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Pirates With Croquet Mallets Are Cool; Rock 'n' Roll Croquet hits Monterey.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Weekly; 3/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; Croquet. It is a game that brings to mind proper...to Monterey's very own Rock 'n' Roll Croquet, courtesy of Joe Wilder and his eye...Blackbeard. The seeds for Rock 'n' Roll Croquet were planted last year when Wilder bought...
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The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Church Road Wimbledon London SW19...Incorporated: 1868 as The All England Croquet Club Employees: 112 Sales: £...Facilities The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (the AELTC) has overseen the Wimbledon...
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croquet
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
croquet may have originated in France, since most of the terms are French in origin, and...gardens, with unexpected hazards, but the national game is administered by the Croquet Association at the Hurlingham Club. J. A. Cannon
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Lawn Tennis
Book article from: American Eras
...rules in 1873. Members of the All-England Croquet Club began playing tennis in 1874 on the croquet lawns, calling the game “lawn...the club became known as the All-England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club and one of its members...
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Tennis Shoes
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...introduced. The makers of the shoe called it a croquet sandal and recommended it for the lawn game croquet, played with balls and mallets, that was...fashionable young people of the upper classes. The croquet sandal sold for six dollars a pair, a price...
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roquet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
roquet in croquet, hitting another player's ball with one's own. XIX. presumably arbitrary alt. of CROQUET .
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