particular church

English

Noun

particular church (plural particular churches)

1. (Catholicism) An ecclesiastical community of faithful headed by a bishop (or equivalent) as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology.

Hyponyms

• autonomous particular church sui iuris
• local particular church

Translations

ecclesiastical community

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定制教會 / 定制教会 (dìngzhì jiàohuì)

• Finnish: paikalliskirkko, partikulaarikirkko
• German: Teilkirche f, Partikularkirche f, Rituskirche (de) f, Kirche eigenen Rechts f, Teilkirche eigenen Rechts f
• Latin: ecclēsia particulāris f
• Portuguese: igreja particular f