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<p><b>Ecclesiastical jurisdiction</b> is <a href="page.php?w=jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> by <a href="page.php?w=Clergy">church leaders</a> over other church leaders and over the <a href="page.php?w=laity">laity</a>.</p>

<p><big>Overview</big></p>
<p><a href="page.php?w=Jurisdiction">Jurisdiction</a> is a word borrowed from the legal system which has acquired a wide extension in <a href="page.php?w=theology">theology</a>, wherein, for example, it is frequently used in contradistinction to order, to express the right to administer <a href="page.php?w=sacraments">sacraments</a></p><p>
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