vicar forane

noun

vicar forane

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin vicārius forāneus. See forane.

1

Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism A priest entrusted by the bishop with a certain degree of leadership in a territorial division of a diocese or a pastoral region.

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vicariate forane

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