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bi-ritual en · ADJ

Etymology

From bi- + ritual.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a priest) Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
2. (not-comparable, of a faculty or authority to celebrate a rite) Applying to the rituals of two different churches.
   • Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ). 1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41:

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