Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A district under the control or supervision of a general.
- noun The office of a general; a generalship.
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Examples
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The most important work of her generalate was the compiling and collating of the present Rules and Constitution of the Sisters of Notre Dame.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Redemptorists, who have their generalate there, has fine pictures by von Rhoden.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Under his generalate, the society extended its activities beyond Rome, Rocca Priora, and London to other countries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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It was during this generalate that the accusations of trading were first made against Father Antonine de
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The reputation for solid virtue, patience, and courage, which he had acquired in the different grades of his order, was by no means dimmed in the long years of his generalate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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S. Teresa, with the generalate of the Discalced Carmelites, in the Lombard style, is one of the recently erected churches (1900).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In 1898, upon request of the religious of Tours, the original Constitutions, revised conformably to the new regulations of the Church for religious orders, were definitively approved by Leo XIII, and their branch erected as a generalate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Near S. Pancrazio degli Scolopii is the generalate of the Piarists (Scolopii).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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S. Maria Maddalena, Servants of the Sick (formerly their generalate), is now occupied by the elementary communal schools.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Santi Apostoli, adjoining the generalate of the Minor
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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