Meanings
nouncatholicate (plural catholicates)
plural catholicates
- rareThe jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.
A Miaphysite Catholicate continued in very difficult circumstances to sustain the independent life of the Church from the cathedral in the former Armenian capital city of Ējmiacin or Valaršapat.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 276Synonyms: catholicosate
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nounThe jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.
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Origin
- Medieval Latincatholicatus
- Englishcatholicate
From Medieval Latin catholicatus.
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