camerlingate (English, noun)
expansion: camerlingate (plural camerlingates)
Senses:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The dignity of the camerlengo (cardinal who presides over the Apostolic Chamber in pontifical interregnum).
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: period, between the death of a pontiff and the election of his successor, in which a camerlengo is in charge of governing the Church in the administrative field.
Forms:
form: camerlingates
tags: plural