forane

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adjective

Only used in vicar forane and vicariate forane.

OriginMedieval Latin forāneus →
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Meanings

forane1

adjectiveforane (comparative more forane, superlative most forane)

comparative more forane · superlative most forane

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of foreign.

    [T]he Bay of Galway [is] so well seated for Merchandize, that it has been lookd on as the greatest Place of Trade in all Ireland; insomuch that a forane Merchant meeting an Irishman, asked him in what Part of Galway Ireland stood?

    1745, Guy Miege, The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland, page 443

forane2

adjectiveforane (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepostpositionalOnly used in vicar forane and vicariate forane.

Origin

forane · adjective

See foreign.

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forane · adjective

  1. Medieval Latinforāneus“from elsewhere, foreign, non-resident”
  2. Englishforane

Borrowed from Medieval Latin forāneus (“from elsewhere, foreign, non-resident”), from forās (“outdoors”) + -āneus, likely formed by analogy with extrāneus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

forane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forane

MLA

“forane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forane. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forane.

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