[Magdalen] VTS Chapel addendum...

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Sun Oct 11 22:26:48 UTC 2015


It should probably be rendered "enstalled" then. But of course it isn't.

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 10/10/2015 23:00, Jon Egger wrote:
>
>> I've never liked the word "installed" simply because it sounds as though
>> the person being installed is a muffler.
>>
>
> The word comes from the ceremonial placing of the incumbent into the stall
> (or seat) appropriate to their role.  Enthronement is the equivalent word
> for a diocesan bishop, them taking possession of the throne or cathedra in
> their cathedral.
>
> Roger
>


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