catholicate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin catholicatus.
Noun
catholicate (plural catholicates)
- (rare) The jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 276:
- A Miaphysite Catholicate continued in very difficult circumstances to sustain the independent life of the Church from the cathedral in the former Armenian capital city of Ējmiacin or Valaršapat.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 276:
Synonyms
- catholicosate