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Those who believe the Church [of England] the only true Church; that its baptism is regeneration: and that its priests have the delegated power of absolution (on confession and promise of repentance).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.