catholicate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin catholicatus.

Noun

catholicate (plural catholicates)

1. (rare) The jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 276:

     A Miaphysite Catholicate continued in very difficult circumstances to sustain the independent life of the Church from the cathedral in the former Armenian capital city of Ējmiacin or Valaršapat.

Synonyms

• catholicosate