catholicosate
catholicosate noun: the jurisdiction of a catholicos.
Noun
catholicosate (plural catholicosates)
- The jurisdiction of a catholicos.
- The liquidation of the Albanian Catholicosate was long sought by Armenian Catholicoses, especially by Simeon Erevantsi in the second half of the eighteenth century.2015, Kamala Imranli-Lowe, “Reconstruction of the 'Armenian Homeland' Notion”, in Middle Eastern Studies, volume 51, number 4, →DOI, page 553
- Similarly to the Jacobites, the Melkites took advantage of the changed political situation and expanded their hierarchy eastward, establishing the "catholicosate of Romagyris".2022, Alexander Treiger, “From al-Biṭrīq to Ḥunayn: Melkite and Nestorian Translators in Early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad”, in Mediterranea, volume 7, →DOI, pages 147–148
- Synonyms:
- catholicate
Synonyms of catholicosate
Forms of catholicosate
| plural | catholicosates |
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Origin of catholicosate
From Medieval Latin catholicatus.
Questions about catholicosate
- What does catholicosate mean?
- Catholicosate means the jurisdiction of a catholicos.
- What part of speech is catholicosate?
- Catholicosate is a noun.
- What is the plural of catholicosate?
- The plural of catholicosate is catholicosates.
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