is a term in the Roman Catholic Church for the revenues of an ecclesiastical benefice accruing during a vacancy. In the 24th Sess. of the Council of Trent (c. 18, De Reform.; c. 1 and 3, X. De praebend. et dignitt.) it was decreed that whatever the deceased ecclesiastic had really earned was a part of the property of the deceased, but that the remainder should go either to his successor in office or to thflabrica ecclesice, or to him who is to appoint the successor, and to provide in the interim. It is frequently the case that these funds are transferred to societies of widows and orphans, or are used for some benevolent objects in the Church. See Wetzer und Welte, Kirchen-Lex. 5, 673; Aschbach, Kirchen-Lex. 3:498; Theol. Univ. Lex. 2, 410.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More