Catholicosate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Catholicosate is a noun meaning (rare, Christianity) The jurisdiction of a catholicos.
Meaning
(rare, Christianity) The jurisdiction of a catholicos.
Example Sentences
The liquidation of the Albanian Catholicosate was long sought by Armenian Catholicoses, especially by Simeon Erevantsi in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Similarly to the Jacobites, the Melkites took advantage of the changed political situation and expanded their hierarchy eastward, establishing the "catholicosate of Romagyris".
Word Forms
- catholicosates
Synonyms for catholicosate
Depending on context, synonyms include catholicate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catholicate, episcopate, catholicos, catholicity, katholikos, popedom.
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