vicar apostolic
vicar apostolic · vicars apostolic
A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained bishop and administers a missionary…A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.
Meaning
1 sensesA Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.
a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
Forms
plural: vicars apostolicLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular