Suburbicarian Definition

subʉrbikerēən
adjective
Of or in the area around the city (specif., the city of Rome, Italy)
Webster's New World

(In the Roman Catholic church) Describing any of the six dioceses surrounding Rome. These dioceses are always headed by Cardinals of the highest rank.

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Suburbicarian Sentence Examples

  • The Italian sees (exclusive of Rome and of the suburbicarian sees) have a total annual revenue of 206,000 equal to an average of 800 per see.

  • He also received the right to appoint bishops, who - except in Rome and the suburbicarian districts - were to be Italian subjects; and, with a significant exception, the exequatur, placet regium, and every form of government permission for the publication and execution of acts of ecclesiastical authority were abolished.

  • Excluding the diocese of Rome and suburbicarian sees, each see has an average area of 430 sq.

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