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clergy reservations Obs. 
those lands, comprising one-seventh of each township in Upper Canada and parts of Lower Canada, reserved by the Crown in the Canada Act of 1791 for the support and maintenance of the clergy of the Church of England.
See also: Clergy Reserves
- 1815 The remainder of it is more irregularly divided and appropriated in Crown and clergy reservations, in large portions, or blocks, as they are technically termed.
- 1815 The remainder of it is more irregularly divided and appropriated in Crown and clergy reservations, in large portions, or blocks, as they are technically termed.