suburbicary, a. (n.)
(səˈbɜːbɪkərɪ)
[ad. late L. suburbicārius (see prec.).]
1. = suburbicarian.
| 1654 Bramhall Just Vind. v. (1661) 93 One who understood the ancient proper bounds of the Roman Patriarchate as well as any man, doth limit it to the Suburbicary Churches, that is a part of Italy, and three Islands, Sicilia, Sardinia and Corsica. 1692 Sir T. P. Blount Ess. 11 The Suburbicary Region of Italy. 1725 tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. ii. v. 152/1 Some Provinces of Italy were distinguish'd by the Names of Suburbicary and Annonary. 1853 E. H. Browne Expos. 39 Art. xxxvii. §2 II. 635 As to the limits of the Roman Patriarchate, much depends on what is meant by the term Suburbicary Churches. 1908 Ch. Times 5 June 761/1 Rome, with the suburbicary region, had long enjoyed a certain political independence. |
† b. n. pl. The suburbicarian provinces of Italy.
| 1665 Stillingfl. Grounds Protest. Relig. ii. vi. Wks. 1709 IV. 426 All the Provinces in the Diocese of Italy..which Provinces the Lawyers and others term Suburbicaries. |
† 2. Suburban. Obs.
| 1654 H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 124 Such numerous rows of stately and ambitious buildings, as made old London envy the magnificence of her Sub-urbicary sister. |