camerlengo
See also: Camerlengo
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian camerlengo (“chamberlain”). Doublet of chamberlain.
Noun edit
camerlengo (plural camerlengos)
- The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
- 2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times[1]:
- Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.
Translations edit
chamberlain
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Further reading edit
- camerlengo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Italian camarlingo, inherited from Medieval Latin camarlingus. Doublet of ciambellano.
Cognates include Old High German chamarling and French chambellan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
camerlengo m (plural camerlenghi)
Descendants edit
- → English: camerlengo
Further reading edit
- camerlengo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian camerlengo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
camerlengo m (plural camerlengos)
- (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo (cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church during the interregnum)