sede vacanten.
/ˈsiːdiː vəˈkantiː/ 1.
a. Ecclesiastical. In the Latin sense, as adverbial phrase: During the vacancy of an episcopal see.
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a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 12 May in J. Strype Mem. Cranmer (1694) App. 20 My Predecessor visited the Dioces of Winchester after the decease of my L. Cardinal as he did al other Diocesses Sede Vacante.
1572 Act 14 Eliz. c. 7 Preamble, Under Collectors of the Tenths and Subsidies of the Cleargye appointed by..Deanes and Chapters (Sede vacante).
a1900 J. W. Legg Eccl. Ess. 77 We have abundance of documents in Wilkins drawn up sede vacante.
b. allusively.
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1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) ii. sig. C v But yet I must not let fall my suite with mistrisse Purge, least (Cede vacanti) my friend Gudgin ioyne issue.
2. Used as n.: The vacancy of a see or seat.
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society > authority > office > [noun] > vacancy of an office
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > vacancy of
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvii. 44 In time of Sede vacante, when merry conceited men listed to gibe & iest at the dead Pope.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 249 The Ceremony of a Sede Vacante.
1783 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 2 Mar. It is not quite new in this country..to see a sede vacante: here, I call it an Inter-ministerium.
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