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anticardinalnoun(historical, ecclesiastical) Synonym of pseudocardinal.
peritusnoun(Christianity) A Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.
cardinalatenounThe dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
pseudocardinal(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A cardinal appointed by an antipope and consequently seen as illegitimate by the pope and those who recognize him.
consistorynounAn assembly of prelates; a session of the College of Cardinals at Rome.
vocalOf, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
auspexnoun(historical) An officiating priest in Ancient Rome.
appellantnoun(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
conciliarismnounThe doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).
papistnoun(religious slur, Christianity) Roman Catholic.
latinnounOf or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
acolytenounAn attendant, assistant, or follower.
ascesisnoun(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
apostolic successionnoun(Christianity) The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
cahenslyismnoun(historical) A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of the same race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.
unconditional electionnoun(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is extended to those predestined to become a believer, at God's discretion and without condition.
ecumenical councilnoun(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
oecumenical councilnounAlternative spelling of ecumenical council. [(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.]
audientnoun(uncommon) A hearer; a member of an audience.
provicarnoun(Roman Catholicism) The deputy of a vicar apostolic.

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