dicastery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
    — The dicastery will continue to oversee the appointment of bishops in the mission territories. … There is no longer a distinction between congregations and pontifical councils because all the Vatican’s main departments are now defined as dicasteries.
  2. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
    — The better cause has conquered; and there is at least this advantage to the Athenian legal system, there will be no appeal nor tedious technicalities before a "higher court." The verdict of the dicastery is final.

词形变化

dicasteries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dicasterial

词源

From Ancient Greek δικαστήριον (dikastḗrion, “court, tribunal”), from δίκη (díkē, “right, custom, judgement”).
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