officialate
English
Etymology
official + -ate
Noun
officialate (plural officialates)
- A diocesan tribunal.
- 1985, Gordon Donaldson, Scottish Church History (page 41)
- 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)