Definitions For Dicastery

Noun

{{en-noun, dicasteries}} A ministry or department of the papal curia, whether an administrative department of the Vatican City State, or a strictly ecclesiastical department of the catholic church. A judicial body of the ancient athenian state, made up of dicasts.

Derived terms

dicasterial

Translations

French: dicastère, m German: Dikasterium, n French: dicastère, m

Etymology

From "judges", from δίκη, , right, custom, judgement.

Is Dicastery a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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