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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Roman Catholic Church A priest who is an honorary member of the papal household.
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- n. (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household
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“Lamy received many honors from learned societies and from his country; he was made domestic prelate (1885) by Leo XIII, and member of the Biblical Commission (1903) by Pius X. LADEUZE in Annuaire de l'Universite Catholique de Louvain (1908), pp. cxxxi-clix, biographical notice, with portrait; ibid., pp. v vi, remarks by the rector, Mgr. HEBBELYNCK; REINHOLD in BUCHBERGER,”
“Duke de Stacpoole, who had become a priest and a domestic prelate of the pope, and who lived at Fontenelle until his death, in 1896, restored the entire property to the French Benedictines (Solesmes congregation), and a colony of monks from Ligugé settled there in”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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