Lexicographical Neighbors of Tulchan
Literary usage of Tulchan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Covenanters: A History of the Church in Scotland from the Reformation to by James King Hewison (1908)
"8 Some parish ministers also became tulchan preachers, by becoming collectors
... 3 The tulchan plan is credited to Patrick Adamson, whom Calderwood styled ..."
2. A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation by Andrew Lang (1902)
"... but more, perhaps, the imperative need of money for the king's party, who
therefore set up tulchan bishops, so called from the mock calf or tulchan used ..."
3. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1843)
"... nor consecrated by three bishops, according to the old canons. These bishops
were called tulchan bishops. A tulchan is a ..."
4. Political Speeches in Scotland, November and December 1879. by William Ewart Gladstone (1879)
"A tulchan, as I understand it, was the figure of a calf stuffed with straw, and
the practice, an old Scotch practice, I don,t know whether it still prevails ..."
5. The History of the Province of Moray: Comprising the Counties of Elgin and by Lachlan Shaw (1882)
"These tulchan or nominal Bishops, had possession of the Episcopal palaces; ...
The tulchan Bishops having titles of honour, a seat in Parliament, ..."
6. History of the Scottish Church by William Stephen (1896)
"... position—Second Book of Discipline—Montgomery, tulchan archbishop of
Glasgow—Difference between titular and tulchan bishops—Death of George Buchanan. ..."
7. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1913)
"While Mar was regent and Knox was still living, Morton established the system of
what were called the ' tulchan ' bishops, a term derived from the dummy ..."
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