Ordinariate

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office of a Roman Catholic ordinary, especially a bishop.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The personal ordinariates established in 2011–12 for Anglicans entering the Catholic Church, considered as a collective.

    "Indeed, only former Anglicans can offer themselves for priestly formation in the Ordinariate (art. 10 §4)."

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"Indeed, only former Anglicans can offer themselves for priestly formation in the Ordinariate (art. 10 §4)."

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