officialate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

official +‎ -ate

Noun[edit]

officialate (plural officialates)

  1. A diocesan tribunal.
    • 1985, Gordon Donaldson, Scottish Church History, page 41:
      The three dioceses which were divided into two archdeaconries – St Andrews , Glasgow and Orkney – were divided also into two officialates and elsewhere there were subordinate officialates.
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