OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
\ˌə͡ʊvəsˈi͡əz ɒvðə pˈʊ͡ə], \ˌəʊvəsˈiəz ɒvðə pˈʊə], \ˌəʊ_v_ə_s_ˈiə_z ɒ_v_ð_ə p_ˈʊə]\
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Officers annually nominated by the parish vestry, and appointed by magistrates at petty sessions ; their duty being to provide relief for indigent parishioners out of funds collected by them according to a rate made at a vestry meeting. See Poor laws.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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