"vicarius Christi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

Forms: vicārius Christī [canonical, masculine], vicāriī Christī [genitive]
Etymology: See vicārius (“substitute, deputy”), Christus (“Christ”). First attested as a papal epithet in the Roman Synod of 495, but applied literally to bishops, the apostles, and Frankish kings through the Early Middle Ages. Restricted to the pope from at least the 13th century. Head templates: {{la-noun|vicārius<2.both> Christī|gen_sg=vicāriī Christī}} vicārius Christī m (genitive vicāriī Christī); second declension
  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Vicar of Christ, the pope Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2
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