单词 | pro-vicariate |
释义 | pro-vicariaten. Roman Catholic Church. A district under the charge of the pro-vicar of a vicar apostolic, esp. one in Africa or Asia. Cf. vicariate n. 3b. ΚΠ 1847 A. P. de Lisle Let. 22 Sept. in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xiv. 328 I think the appointment of Bishop Wiseman to the Pro-Vicariate of London very judicious. 1881 Dublin Rev. July 173 The districts of Lake Tanganyika, and the Victoria Nyanza have already been created Pro-Vicariates Apostolic. 1886 Catholic World Nov. 268 In 1839 the vicariate of Chan-tong was erected by Gregory XVI., including within its bounds the quondam pro-vicariates of Hu pe and Hu-nan. 1908 S. M. Jackson et al. New Schaff-Herzog Encycl. I. 67 A provicariate confided to the care of the Algerian Missionary Society. 1952 R. Oliver & R. J. Smith Missionary Factor in E. Afr. iv. 164 The western side of Lake Tanganyika was divided from the old pro-Vicariate of Tanganyika as the Vicariate of the Upper Congo. 1974 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 7 719 The provicariate of Nyasa, with its original limits, is now in English territory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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