Assertion: priest's right | /r/HasProperty | transferred by jurisdiction
Facets:
value: to the monks
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: When a vacancy occurred, the bishop of the diocese chose the abbot out of the monks of the monastery, but the right of election was transferred by jurisdiction to the monks themselves, reserving to the bishop the confirmation of the election and the benediction of the new abbot.