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Definition of Catholicates
1. catholicate [n] - See also: catholicate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catholicates
Literary usage of Catholicates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Country Studies by Glenn Eldon Curtis (1995)
"... Two additional patriarchates in Jerusalem and Istanbul lack the status of full
catholicates. Three dioceses are located in other former Soviet republics ..."