read (oneself) in

read (oneself) in

Of a priest in the Anglican church, to assume possession of a benefice (a church office with fixed capital assets and subsequent revenue) by reading the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and declaring his assent. Primarily heard in UK. A new priest must read himself in within two months of being ordained in order to be granted his new office.
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read in

Of a computer, to acquire data from something, such as a program, and enter it into memory or storage. A noun or pronoun can be used between "read" and "in." The command triggers the operating system to allocate virtual memory so that it can read the program in.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

read something in something

to read something in particular in a some publication or document. I read an interesting article about moose in today's newspaper. Did you read that in today's newspaper?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • read in
  • once a priest, always a priest
  • be in holy orders
  • be in/take orders
  • take holy orders
  • (that) sounds like a plan
  • (that) sounds good
  • padre
  • I believe so
  • assent to