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Offline Neale1961

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name of kirk session
« on: Friday 19 March 21 22:26 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone identify which session is this please. Missing word underlined in red.
New Abbey Church 16 Aug 1818 Post ?... Session

 I think it is probably "Preces" - Latin for prayers. Can anyone confirm?
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Re: name of kirk session
« Reply #1 on: Friday 19 March 21 22:41 GMT (UK) »
New Abbey is a Parish in Kirkcudbrightshire

add -https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KKD/NewAbbey

Agree with after prayers  :-\
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Re: name of kirk session
« Reply #2 on: Friday 19 March 21 22:44 GMT (UK) »
Post preces is Latin for "after prayers". Meetings of session always began with prayer.

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Re: name of kirk session
« Reply #3 on: Friday 19 March 21 22:56 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the confirmation.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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