Camerlengo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Camerlengo is a noun meaning The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
Meaning
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
Example Sentences
For the conclave, the camerlengo is now responsible for ensuring an “orderly election and its privacy”, according to Universi Dominici Gregis—the apostolic constitution governing papal succession.
Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.
Word Forms
- camerlengos
- camarlengo
- camerlingo
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cardinal, ablegate, cardinalship, chamberlain, protector, vice-chancellor.
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