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noun
Any of the individual constituent hierarchically ordered ecclesial communities in full communion with Rome that are part of the Catholic Church as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Catholic canon law
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noun
An ecclesiastical community of faithful headed by a bishop (or equivalent) as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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