Definitory
Definitory (from Latin definire “to determine, to limit”) is an advisory and decision-making body in some religious communities that supports the general or provincial in all important matters of the order and has to organize visits to the monasteries with him or instead of him . The members of the definitory are elected by the chapters of the order and called the definitory .
In some Protestant regional churches, the definitory corresponded to today's consistory , an advisory body to the superintendents .
In some dioceses of the Catholic Church , the deputy of the dean is also called the definitor .
Web links
- Definition of terms of the Franciscans ( Memento of February 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Claudia Tietz: Johann Winckler (1642−1705) - Beginnings of a Lutheran Pietist. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008
- ^ New Definitor appointed on the side of the diocese of Münster
