particular Church
see also: particular church
Noun
particular church
Noun
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see also: particular church
Noun
particular Church
- (Catholic canon law) Any of the individual constituent hierarchically ordered ecclesial communities in full communion with Rome that are part of the Catholic Church as a whole.
particular church
Noun
particular Church (plural particular Churches)
- (Catholicism) An ecclesiastical community of faithful headed by a bishop (or equivalent) as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology.
- German: Teilkirche, Partikularkirche, Rituskirche, Kirche eigenen Rechts, Teilkirche eigenen Rechts
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