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† ˈurbicary, a. Obs.
[ad. L. urbicāri-us, f. urbicus urbic a.]
(See quots. and suburbicary a.)
1683Cave Govt. Anc. Ch. 261 The Roman Bishop began to extend his jurisdiction commensurate to the urbicary diocess, within which his metropolitical was swallowed up. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 151 They gave the Name of Urbicary or Suburbicary, to all the Provinces which depended upon the Jurisdiction of the Vicar of Rome. 1728Chambers Cycl. (1738) s.v. Suburbicary, Those provinces of Italy, &c., which composed the antient diocese, or patriarchate, of Rome,..were also sometimes called urbicary provinces. |