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Petrinity en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Petrīnitās. By surface analysis, Petrine + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The quality of being comparable to or originating from Saint Peter.
    • Acts certainly follows the fortunes of Paul after Peter's release and departure; and the later New Testament shows no marked Petrinity. 1926, The New American Church Monthly, volume 19, page 228:
    • The corollary to this principle of Petrinity is that any entity that threatens or denies the papacy its primacy is anathema. 2016, Jehangi Yezdi Malegam, “Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian Reform”, in A Companion to the Medieval Papacy, →ISBN, page 58:
    • He says that Peter honoured (decoravit) Alexandria by sending his disciple Mark to be bishop there; he strengthened (firmavit) Antioch by occupying the see himself there for seven years; but he exalted (sublimavit) Rome where he spent his later days and died. The clear implication is that Rome remains pre-eminent even in Petrinity. 1980, Jeffrey Richards, Consul of God: The Life and Times of Gregory the Great, →ISBN, page 65:

Translations (2)

la Petrēitās (Translations) · la Petrīnitās (Translations)