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personal ordinariate

personal ordinariate noun: a canonical structure equivalent to a diocese, administered by an ordinary and providing for the pastoral needs of former Anglicans who have joined the Catholic Church.

Noun

personal ordinariate (plural personal ordinariates)

  1. A canonical structure equivalent to a diocese, administered by an ordinary and providing for the pastoral needs of former Anglicans who have joined the Catholic Church.

Forms of personal ordinariate

pluralpersonal ordinariates

Origin of personal ordinariate

From ordinariate, the office or jurisdiction of a church ordinary; personal by analogy with personal prelature, implying that members are part of the ordinariate as individual persons, rather than because they live in a particular diocesan territory.

Questions about personal ordinariate

What does personal ordinariate mean?
Personal ordinariate means a canonical structure equivalent to a diocese, administered by an ordinary and providing for the pastoral needs of former Anglicans who have joined the Catholic Church.
What part of speech is personal ordinariate?
Personal ordinariate is a noun.
What is the plural of personal ordinariate?
The plural of personal ordinariate is personal ordinariates.

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