Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Canon & civil law Particular questions

Definitor

DEFINITORE

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DEFINITOR. - In certain religious orders (among them now the Cistercians, the Friars Minor, the Capuchins, the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, the Recollects and the Discalced Hermits of St. Augustine, the Discalced Carmelites) and also in some religious congregations, the members of the general chapter (v. CAPITOLO) or of another collegial body entrusted with the task of assisting the superior general of the order are called definitors. The college of the definitors of an order is also called the definitory.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Wernz-Vidal, II (1933), p. 98. Pio Cipresti

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By Pio Ciprotti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1304.

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Chicago

Ciprotti, Pio. “Definitore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1304. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/definitore.

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Ciprotti, Pio. “Definitore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1304. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/definitore.

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@incollection{ec4_definitore,
  author    = {Ciprotti, Pio},
  title     = {Definitore},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1304},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/definitore}
}

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