suburbicarian

Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

suburbicarian, a. [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban.].

Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. [1913 Webster]

"The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts." [1913 Webster]