APOSTOLIC DELEGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apostolic delegate mean? 

• APOSTOLIC DELEGATE (noun)
  The noun APOSTOLIC DELEGATE has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it

  Familiarity information: APOSTOLIC DELEGATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOSTOLIC DELEGATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("apostolic delegate" is a kind of...):

delegate (a person appointed or elected to represent others)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)