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curianoun(historical) The Roman senate during the republic
eparchynoun(Christianity) In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
diocesenoun(Christianity) A group of parishes administered by a bishop.
directoriumnoun(Christianity, historical) In the later Middle Ages, a Catholic liturgical guide for praying the Divine Office and Holy Mass.
archidiaconatenounarchdeaconry
datarianoun(Roman Catholicism, historical) Part of the Roman Catholic Curia, abolished in 1967, from which were sent graces or favours such as appointments to benefices.
consistorynounAn assembly of prelates; a session of the College of Cardinals at Rome.
ecclesiasticnounA cleric, especially one in a Christian church.
eparchatenounAn eparchy, or diocese of a bishop.
diœcesenounArchaic form of diocese. [(historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.]
ministrynounGovernment department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
diaconiconnounA sacristy for sacred vessels in a Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.
episcopacynounThe office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
ordinary magisteriumnounThat part of the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church (or of the pope, bishops, etc.) which does not derive from ecumenical councils or ex cathedra pronouncements (collectively called solemn judgements and comprising the extraordinary magisterium).
ecclesiarchynoun(religion, politics) A government ruled by or in conjunction with a religion; a church-state.
dorcastrynoun(Christianity, historical) A Dorcas society (ladies' church association making clothes for the poor)
extraordinary magisteriumnounThat part of the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church (or of the pope) which derives from ecumenical councils or ex cathedra pronouncements (collectively called solemn judgements).
archsodalitynounA confraternity
encyclicalnounA papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church.
episcopatenounBishops seen as a group.

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