| 单词 | cardinal prefect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCardinal Prefect b. Roman Catholic Church. Frequently with capital initial. A cardinal presiding over a congregation or other department of the Roman Curia. More fully Cardinal Prefect. ΚΠ 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 86 The office of the Prefect of the Signature of Justice, is executed by a Cardinal. 1796 in L. Antonelli Lett. 26 (heading) Extract of a letter from his Eminence Cardinal Gerdill, Prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda, to Monseig. Erskine in London. 1877 Catholic World Oct. 18 There is, perhaps, no position in the church, after that of the papal chair, so important..as the one occupied by the cardinal prefect of the Propaganda. 1889 Polit. Sci. Q. 4 363 Cardinal Simeoni, prefect of the Propaganda, sent to Cardinal Gibbons, in November, a communication. 1912 Catholic Encycl. 13 at Roman Curia The Signatura now consists of six cardinals, appointed by the pope, one of whom is its prefect. 1974 World Politics 26 545 He appointed diocesan bishops as voting members of the various curial Congregations and foreshadowed the introduction of non-Italian cardinals as prefects of the curial Congregations. 2002 Time 17 June 60/1 Did I come away believing that every Curial prefect and secretary that we spoke with understood American civil law? No. < as lemmas |
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