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in partibus infidelium

in partibus infidelium adjective: 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.

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.

Forms of in partibus infidelium

alternative formin partibus
alternative formi.p.i.

Origin of in partibus infidelium

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin in partibus īnfidēlium (literally “in the regions of the infidels”), so named because such bishops were assigned sees corresponding to territories that had passed under the control of other religions, and so did not imply a duty of residence or diocesan responsibilities.

Questions about in partibus infidelium

What does in partibus infidelium mean?
In partibus infidelium means 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.
What part of speech is in partibus infidelium?
In partibus infidelium is an adjective.

Words near in partibus infidelium in the dictionary

  1. in pairs
  2. in pampers
  3. in parallel
  4. in pari materia
  5. in part
  6. in partibus infidelium
  7. in particular
  8. in passing
  9. in peace
  10. in perpetuity
  11. in person

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