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ordinariate

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or⋅di⋅nar⋅i⋅ate

  [awr-dn-air-ee-it, -eyt]
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–noun
Roman Catholic Church. (formerly) a province in which the faithful of an Eastern rite were under the rule of a prelate of their rite who had no territorial jurisdiction.
Origin:
ordinary (n.) + -ate 1
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