officialate

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noun

A diocesan tribunal.

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Meanings

nounofficialate (plural officialates)

plural officialates

  1. A diocesan tribunal.

    The three dioceses which were divided into two archdeaconries – St Andrews , Glasgow and Orkney – were divided also into two officialates and elsewhere there were subordinate officialates.

    1985, Gordon Donaldson, Scottish Church History, page 41

Origin

From official + -ate.

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APA

officialate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialate

MLA

“officialate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officialate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialate.

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