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Catholicate — A Catholicate or Catholicosate is the area of responsibility (territorial or otherwise) of a catholicos, a leader within any of the several churches of Eastern Christianity, especially those regarded as Oriental Orthodoxy. The word is derived… … Wikipedia
Catholicate of Abkhazia — The Catholicate of Abkhazia ( ka. აფხაზეთის საკათალიკოსო, Greek: Καθολικος Αμπχαζία) was a subdivision of the Georgian Orthodox Church that existed as an independent entity in western Georgia from the 1470s to 1814. It was headed by the… … Wikipedia
Catholicate College Pathanamthitta — Infobox University name=Catholicate College Pathanamthitta motto= FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM established=1952 city=Pathanamthitta state=Kerala country=India Principal=Prof. Fr. K T Mathewkutty undergrad=1200 (2005) students=4000… … Wikipedia
catholicate — /keuh thol i kayt , kit/, n. the see of a catholicos. [1875 80; < ML catholicatus, equiv. to catholic(us) CATHOLICOS + atus ATE3] * * * … Universalium
catholicate — ca·thol·i·cate … English syllables
catholicate — kəˈthäləˌkāt, lə̇kə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: Medieval Latin catholicatus, from catholicus catholicos + atus ate : the see of a catholicos … Useful english dictionary
Catholicos of the East — This article describes different viewpoints about the history and tradition associated with the ecclesiastical position called Catholicos of the East, a title used by Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches to denote the head of a Church or a… … Wikipedia
Catholicos — (plural Catholicoi ) is a title used by the Patriarch (head/regional head bishop) of any of certain Eastern churches. The word is a transliteration of the Greek καθολικός , pl. καθολικοί , meaning concerning the whole , universal or general .A… … Wikipedia
Catholicos of The East and Malankara Metropolitan — Catholicos is the title of distinct primates of various Apostolic churches traditionally used outside the Byzantine empire. The word Catholicos means Universal . Catholicos of the East is the head of the Eastern Syriac Churches which includes the … Wikipedia
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church — Catholicate Emblem Founder St. Thomas the Apostle … Wikipedia
