catholicus

[ kuh-thol-i-kuhs ]

noun

, plural ca·thol·i·ci [k, uh, -, thol, -, uh, -sahy, -i-kee].

1. catholicos.

Word History and Origins

Origin of catholicus¹

From Medieval Latin

Example Sentences

It is the ecclesiastical city of Armenia—its little Rome, where the Catholicus lives.

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The catholicus of Valarshapat is nominally chosen by all Armenians.

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Fabyan truly was ter Catholicus; he was of the old religion, dying in the odour of sanctity, and was spared the trial of the new.

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A restriction, however, was afterwards placed upon the Catholicus, and upon the Episcopal order.

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A rival catholicus, with a small following, still has his cathedral and see at Sis.

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