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bi-ritual

bi-ritual adjective: able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.

Adjective

bi-ritual (not comparable)

  1. Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
  2. Applying to the rituals of two different churches.
    • Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41

Forms of bi-ritual

alternative formbiritual

Origin of bi-ritual

From bi- + ritual.

Questions about bi-ritual

What does bi-ritual mean?
Bi-ritual means able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
What part of speech is bi-ritual?
Bi-ritual is an adjective.

Words near bi-ritual in the dictionary

  1. bi-mode
  2. bi-modes
  3. bi-parting
  4. bi-partisan
  5. bi-random
  6. bi-ritual
  7. bi-rotor
  8. bi-rotors
  9. bi-serrate
  10. bi-text
  11. bi-weekly

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