Definition of peritus in English:
peritus
nounPlural periti pəˈrʌɪtəspəˈrēto͞os
A theological adviser or consultant to a council of the Roman Catholic Church.
Example sentencesExamples
- The perhaps equally numerous periti (experts and consultants who included some of the world's greatest scholars) were even more disadvantaged.
- Any professor of theology, especially if he had been a peritus or ‘expert’ at the Council, was now an authority.
- They also consulted widely with non-Catholic observers and theological experts (periti), many of whom were also active in drafting council documents.
- I noticed how he became more cautious in his embrace of the principles he had espoused as a peritus at Vatican II.
Origin
1960s: from Latin; related to expertus 'expert'.