Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The cardinal who manages the pope's secular affairs.
Wiktionary
- n. chamberlain; the cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes
Etymologies
- Italian camerlengo; akin to Old French chamberlenc; see chamberlain.
Examples
“This is also the sense of the Italian term camerlengo, still borne at”
“It will be taken up by the cardinal archbishop known as the camerlengo, or chamberlain — currently Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, a Spaniard.”
“Incensed at this outrageous expression of solidarity with the dread evil of modern science, the camerlengo decides to save the Church by blowing up the Vatican, the cardinals (assembled for a papal conclave), and St. Peter's Basilica to smithereens.”
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“P.S. How cool is the word Illuminati and camerlengo?”
“The camerlengo, and you saw on the videotape the cardinal blessing the body of the pope, that's the papal chamberlain.”
“And when, of course, the pope doesn't respond, then the camerlengo pronounces that the pope is dead.”
“And that was in the papal apartments Eduardo Martinez Somalo, the camerlengo, who was one of the key players in this transition period, the cardinal, was in -- the inside the papal apartments, along with several other high church officials and Dr. Renato, who's an (UNINTELLIGIBLE), the pope's physician for the last 26 years.”
“The camerlengo, or chamberlain who is the cardinal who governs the church in this interregnum period, what around here is known as the sede vacante, that is the seat of Peter is vacant, the camerlengo would come to the papal apartment if he wasn't already there, and he would perform this brief ritual to ascertain that the pope is dead.”
“But then, according to custom, the camerlengo, or chamberlain, called out his Christian name, Karol, three times, then pronounced that the pope had died.”
“DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN ANALYST, ROME: That decision is made by the camerlengo, Cardinal Martinez Somalo, who at this point in time during the interregnum, when there is no pope, makes most of those administrative decisions.”
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