But apparently it soon became desirable and perhaps necessary to specialize the work of teaching by setting apart for that duty one presbyter who should withdraw from secular occupation and devote his whole time to the work of the ministry.
Another kind of differentiation in such a cell-mass as we are dealing with is the setting apart of particular groups of cells for various metabolic purposes.
Their insistence on the personal aspect of religious experience made it impossible for Friends to countenance the setting apart of any man or building for the purpose of divine worship to the exclusion of all others.
In most cases this took formal effect in a setting-apart by prayer, sometimes with layingon of hands.
While some drum majors wear the same uniform as the rest of the band, setting apart their status with props such as batons and hats, it is more common for the drum major uniform to be an "enhanced" version of the simpler band version.