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camerlengos

camerlengos is the plural of camerlengo.

Meaning of camerlengo

Noun

camerlengo (plural camerlengos)

  1. The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
    • Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times

Questions about camerlengos

What is camerlengos the plural of?
Camerlengos is the plural of camerlengo.

Words near camerlengos in the dictionary

  1. cameraworks
  2. Camerina
  3. camerist
  4. camerists
  5. camerlengo
  6. camerlengos
  7. camerlingate
  8. camerlingates
  9. Camero
  10. camerolaite
  11. Cameron

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