| 单词 | vicar apostolic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvicar apostolic vicar apostolic n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > representing papal authority vicar apostolic1766 V.A.1787 vicar apostolical1849 1766 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) II. xxvii. 83 After all, by the terms of the circular letter, the Vicars Apostolic have, in case of necessity, a power to dispense. 1799 C. Butler Acct. Life & Writings A. Butler vii The vicar-apostolic of the middle district claimed him as belonging to that district, and appointed him to a mission in Staffordshire. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 373/1 Where the succession of the Catholic hierarchy has been interrupted, as in England,..the bishops who superintend the Catholic church and represent the papal authority, are known by the name of vicars apostolic. 1851 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 116 921 The changing of vicars-apostolic to bishops in ordinary. < as lemmas |
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