Assertion: church's right | /r/CapableOf | appoint minister
Facets:
value: to vacant pulpits
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The interference of civil courts with Church decisions, particularly over the appointment of ministers, following the Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1711, which gave landowners, or patrons, the right to appoint ministers to vacant pulpits, would lead to several splits.