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sedes vacans

sedes vacans noun: a papal or episcopal see when vacant.

Noun

sedes vacans

  1. (canon law) A papal or episcopal see when vacant.

Origin of sedes vacans

Borrowed from Latin sēdēs vacāns.

Questions about sedes vacans

What does sedes vacans mean?
Sedes vacans means a papal or episcopal see when vacant.
What part of speech is sedes vacans?
Sedes vacans is a noun.

Words near sedes vacans in the dictionary

  1. seders
  2. sederunt
  3. sederunts
  4. sedes
  5. sedes impedita
  6. sedes vacans
  7. sedevacantism
  8. sedevacantist
  9. sedevacantists
  10. SEDEX
  11. sedge

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