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Latest comment: 3 days ago by JMGN in topic Late Latin

More specific definition?

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Chambers 1908 has: "a chief priest: in early times, a kind of vicar to the bishop; later, a rural dean; the title given to the superiors appointed by the Pope to govern the secular priests sent into England from the foreign seminaries during the period 1598-1621". Equinox 06:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Late Latin

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From Late Latin archipresby̆ter. JMGN (talk) 23:06, 25 December 2024 (UTC)Reply