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Visitors Of The Night (film)
Visitor, in English and Welsh law, is an academic or ecclesiastical title. Visitor or Visitors may also refer to: Geography * Visitor (mountain), a mountain in eastern Montenegro * Lake Visitor, a mountain lake in eastern Montenegro Literature * Visitor (novel), ''Visitor'' (novel), a novel by C. J. Cherryh * The Visitor (Applegate novel), ''The Visitor'' (Applegate novel), an ''Animorphs'' novel by K. A. Applegate * The Visitors (novel), ''The Visitors'' (novel), a novel by Clifford D. Simak * Visitors (Card novel), ''Visitors'' (Card novel), a novel by Orson Scott Card * The Visitor (Child novel), ''The Visitor'' (Child novel) * Visitors (Buffy novel), ''Visitors'' (''Buffy'' novel) * The Visitors (play), ''The Visitors'' (play), a play by Joe Orton * Visitors (play), ''Visitors'' (play), a play by Barney Norris * The Visitor (short story), a 1965 short story by Roald Dahl * ''The Visitor'', a novel by Sheri S. Tepper *''The Visitor'', a novella by Maeve Brennan * ''The Visitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visitor
A visitor, in English and Welsh law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution, often a charitable institution set up for the perpetual distribution of the founder's alms and bounty, who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution. Those with such visitors are mainly cathedrals, chapels, schools, colleges, universities, and hospitals. Many visitors hold their role ''ex officio'', by serving as the British sovereign, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chief Justice, or the bishop of a particular diocese. Others can be appointed in various ways, depending on the constitution of the organization in question. Bishops are usually the visitors to their own cathedrals. The King usually delegates his visitatorial functions to the Lord Chancellor. During the reform of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 19th century, Parliament ordered visitations to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |