camerlingate

English

Noun

camerlingate (plural camerlingates)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) The dignity of the camerlengo (cardinal who presides over the Apostolic Chamber in pontifical interregnum).
  2. (Roman Catholicism) period, between the death of a pontiff and the election of his successor, in which a camerlengo is in charge of governing the Church in the administrative field.

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