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in partibus infidelium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in- -part-ibus in-fi-deli-um
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a bishop or see: merely titular, without regular jurisdiction, and serving to assist some other bishop or to act as delegates of the pope where no hierarchy had yet been established.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin in partibus īnfidēlium (literally “in the regions of the infidels”), so named because such bishops were assigned sees corresponding to territories that had passed under the control of other religions, and so did not imply a duty of residence or diocesan responsibilities.

Inflected Forms

in partibus (alternative) i.p.i. (alternative)

Questions

What does in partibus infidelium mean?
Of a bishop or see: merely titular, without regular jurisdiction, and serving to assist some other bishop or to act as delegates of the pope where no hierarchy had yet been established.
Where does in partibus infidelium come from?
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin in partibus īnfidēlium (literally “in the regions of the infidels”), so named because such bishops were assigned sees corresponding to territories that had passed under the control of other religions, and so did not imply a duty of residence or diocesan responsibilities.

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