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suburbicarian, a.|ˌsʌbɜːbɪˈkɛərɪən|
[f. late L. suburbicārius, f. suburbium suburb, after urbicārius urbicary. Cf. F. suburbicaire, Pg. suburbicario.]
Applied to the dioceses (now six in number) around Rome, and to their churches, etc., which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Pope as metropolitan and the bishops of which form the body of cardinal bishops. (The term has been more widely used by some.)
1654Owen Doctr. Saints' Persev. Pref. E 2, I have spent some time in the consideration of mens conjectures of those suburbicarian Churches. 1657Heylin Ecclesia Vind. 305 His first Epistle, inscribed to the Bishops of Lucania, another of the Suburbicarian Provinces, which made up that Patriarchate. 1715Bentley Serm. x. 354 When the empire was first Christian the Bishops of Rome had no more under their Inspection than the Suburbicarian Regions. 1840Milman Hist. Chr. III. 371 Within the city, he [sc. the Pope] presided over above forty churches, besides the suburbicarian districts. 1853E. H. Browne Expos. 39 Art. xxxvii. §2 II. 635 It has been proved, that the suburbicarian Churches meant those within the district, which belonged to the Vicarius Urbis. 1893F. W. Puller Prim. Saints & See of Rome 14 The relations of the Bishop of Rome to his suburbicarian suffragans. |