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RANK. The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others, is called their rank.
     2. It is a maxim, that officers of, an inferior rank are bound to obey all the lawful commands of their superiors, and are justified for such obedience.



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Limburg--Although he agrees "in principle" with the Vatican's stand on abortion, Limburg Bishop Franz Kamphaus has broken rank with his brother bishops, who have all decided to accept the Pope's request that Church-related agencies no longer participate in government-approved crisis pregnancy centres.
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