bi-ritual

adjective

Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.

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Meanings

adjectivebi-ritual (not comparable)

alternative biritual

  1. not comparableChristianityAble to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
  2. not comparableChristianityApplying to the rituals of two different churches.

    Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).

    1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41

Origin

From bi- + ritual.

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