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ADDITIONAL NOTE TO PAGE 73
Thomas (1951, pp. 22-3) succinctly describes the situation thus: `Within [the sima]
boundary each assembly was self-governing. There was no hierarchy, but seniority was
reckoned by the number of years from ordination, nor did a central authority exist to
check any tendency to change or development in new directions.'
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