bi-ritual

English

Alternative forms

• biritual

Etymology

bi- +‎ ritual.

Adjective

bi-ritual (not comparable) (Christianity)

1. (of a priest) Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
2. (of a faculty or authority to celebrate a rite) Applying to the rituals of two different churches.
   • 1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41:

     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 ).

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