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i.p.i.

i.p.i. is the abbreviation of in partibus infidelium.

Meaning of in partibus infidelium

Adjective

in partibus infidelium (not comparable)

  1. (historical, postpositional) Of a bishop or see: merely titular, without regular jurisdiction, and serving to assist some other bishop or to act as delegates of the pope where no hierarchy had yet been established.

Questions about i.p.i.

What is i.p.i. the abbreviation of?
I.p.i. is the abbreviation of in partibus infidelium.

Words near i.p.i. in the dictionary

  1. i.i.d.
  2. i.m.
  3. I.O.U.
  4. I.O.U.s
  5. i.p.
  6. i.p.i.
  7. i.q.
  8. i.v.
  9. I.W.
  10. I/DD
  11. i/o

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Adapted from Wiktionary: i.p.i. (page history and authors); in partibus infidelium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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