Home › Words › C › catholicatecatholicatecatholicate means the jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.EtymologyFrom Medieval Latin catholicatus.nounThe jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos.e.g.“A Miaphysite Catholicate continued in very difficult circumstances to sustain the independent life of the Church from the cathedral in the former Armenian capital city of Ējmiacin or Valaršapat.” — 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 276:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.catholicosate 88% match — The jurisdiction of a catholicos. vs catholicate →catholicos 71% match — A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions. vs catholicate →maphrian 62% match — catholicos, high-ranking bishop vs catholicate →catholicity 60% match — The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive. vs catholicate →archbishopry 59% match — The office of archbishop. vs catholicate →archdiocese 59% match — A diocese administered by an archbishop. vs catholicate →archiepiscopate 58% match — an archbishopric vs catholicate →patriarchdom 58% match — The office, jurisdiction, or rule of a patriarch. vs catholicate →