prelate nullius

[noo-lee-uhs]

noun, plural prelates nullius. Roman Catholic Church.

a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin or Medieval Latin nullīus dioecēsis of no diocese

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Prelate nullius has a plethora of syllables.

So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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