In practice, however, the primatial right has fallen into desuetude in Ireland as in every other part of the Church.
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A la pràctica, però, el dret de primacia havia caigut en desús a Irlanda com a qualsevol altra part de l’Església.
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Even when she had to make someone a present of the kind called “useful,” when she had to give an armchair, silverware, a walking stick, she looked for “old” ones, as though, now that long desuetude had effaced their character of usefulness, they would appear more disposed to tell us about the life of people of other times than to serve the needs of our own life.”
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Fins i tot quan havia de fer un regal considerat útil, quan havia d’oferir una butaca, uns coberts, un bastó, els buscava “antics”, com si, esborrat el seu caràcter d’utilitat pel llarg desús, semblessin més aviat disposats a contar-nos la vida dels homes d’antany que no pas a servir les necessitats de la nostra. [...]
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