Meanings
plural catholicosates
- rareChristianityThe jurisdiction of a catholicos.
The liquidation of the Albanian Catholicosate was long sought by Armenian Catholicoses, especially by Simeon Erevantsi in the second half of the eighteenth century.
2015, Kamala Imranli-Lowe, “Reconstruction of the 'Armenian Homeland' Notion”, in Middle Eastern Studies, volume 51, number 4, →DOI, page 5531 more example
Similarly to the Jacobites, the Melkites took advantage of the changed political situation and expanded their hierarchy eastward, establishing the "catholicosate of Romagyris".
2022, Alexander Treiger, “From al-Biṭrīq to Ḥunayn: Melkite and Nestorian Translators in Early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad”, in Mediterranea, volume 7, →DOI, pages 147–148Synonyms: catholicate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe jurisdiction of a catholicos.
Origin
- Medieval Latincatholicatus
- Englishcatholicosate
From Medieval Latin catholicatus.
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