Idiom
read oneself in
Meaning
To read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent; required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new vicar must read himself in before he leads the service.”
“After arriving at the parish, the minister scheduled a time to read himself in during the Sunday morning service.”
“Following his formal induction into the benefice, the clergyman prepared to read himself in, thereby fulfilling the final legal requirement of his appointment.”
Examples
simple
“The new vicar must read himself in before he leads the service.”
contextual
“After arriving at the parish, the minister scheduled a time to read himself in during the Sunday morning service.”
complex
“Following his formal induction into the benefice, the clergyman prepared to read himself in, thereby fulfilling the final legal requirement of his appointment.”
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