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Precaria

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: preces, petition)

A claim, in the form of a letter, to a benefice promised but not vacant, for which the expectant had to wait until such preferment became vacant. Abuses caused the Council of Trent to limit them; the Code of Canon Law does not acknowledge them.

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Entry for 'Precaria'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​p/precaria.html. 1910.
 
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