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missionary apostolic

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noun

Roman Catholic Church.
  • missionaries apostolic
    plural
  1. an honorary title conferred by the pope on certain missionaries.


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Thus was a new field laid open to missionary zeal, and Pius IX., availing himself of so favorable a change of circumstances, appointed a Catholic pastor missionary apostolic at Stockholm.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson

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