catholicate

[ kuh-thol-i-keyt, -kit ]

noun

1. the see of a catholicos.

Word History and Origins

Origin of catholicate¹

1875–80; < Medieval Latin catholicātus, equivalent to catholic ( us ) catholicos + -ātus -ate ³

Example Sentences

On the death of Nerses the right of saying grace at the royal meals, which was the essence of the catholicate, was transferred by the king, in despite of the Greeks, to the priestly family of Albianus, and thenceforth no Armenian catholicus went to Caesarea for ordination.

From Project Gutenberg

In twentieth year of catholicate of Gregory and thirty-seventh of Trdat, the king, on return of Aristaces from council of Nice, bringing the Nicene creed and canons.

From Project Gutenberg

At the beginning of the Armenian era, held by Nerses in Dvin, in the fourth year of his catholicate, in the fourteenth of Chosroes’ reign and in the fourteenth of Justinian Caesar.

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