church n Comb church ship: vessel in which episcopal visitation is made to coastal settlements; cp PARISH BOAT.
   1846 [FEILD] 14 The good Church ship rolls in this open Bay, so that I can hardly write. 1895 TOCQUE 265 Another great loss was the church ship Havelock—the 'Floating Cathedral,' by which the bishop visited the remote parts of his diocese, and in which he held services. 1902 Christmas Bells 1 These two pictures show the Church ship while on her visitation voyage this summer with the Bishop of Newfoundland and his Chaplain to the North West Portion of the Island and the Labrador.

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