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VICAR APOSTOLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vicar apostolic mean?
• VICAR APOSTOLIC (noun)
The noun VICAR APOSTOLIC has 1 sense:
1. a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
Familiarity information: VICAR APOSTOLIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("vicar apostolic" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
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