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post-conciliar

post-conciliar is the alternative form of postconciliar.

Meaning of postconciliar

Adjective

postconciliar (comparative more postconciliar, superlative most postconciliar)

  1. In or of the period following an ecclesiastical council, especially the Second Vatican Council.
    • This, as Lebedeff reminds his readers, is no new theory: it was advanced in the last century by Franzelin; while Vincenzi argues that the Creed is a post-Conciliar addition to the book made not by the author, but by another and a less skilful hand.1903 January, N. Orloff, “A Russian View of the Creed of Constantinople”, in The Journal of Theological Studies, volume 4, pages 287–288
    Antonyms:
    preconciliar

Adjective capitalized: post-Conciliar

post-Conciliar (comparative more post-Conciliar, superlative most post-Conciliar)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of postconciliar.

Forms of post-conciliar

comparativemore post-conciliar
superlativemost post-conciliar
comparativemore post-Conciliar
superlativemost post-Conciliar

Questions about post-conciliar

What is post-conciliar the alternative form of?
Post-conciliar is the alternative form of postconciliar.
What part of speech is post-conciliar?
Post-conciliar is an adjective.

Words near post-conciliar in the dictionary

  1. post-communist
  2. post-competition
  3. post-con depression
  4. post-conception
  5. post-conceptualism
  6. post-conciliar
  7. post-concussion syndrome
  8. post-concussion syndromes
  9. post-concussive
  10. post-concussive syndrome
  11. post-concussive syndromes

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