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Quotation dates: 1849
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SUPPORT, v. Sc. usage in phr. to support the pulpit, of a minister: to occupy the pulpit as a supply or substitute for the regular pastor, to officiate at a service in place of another.Sc. 1849 Maybole Free Church Deacons Court Min. MS. (8 July):
Mr Ferguson — who supported the Pulpit to-day.
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