R. C. Ch. [ad. mod.L. theologāt-us, f. theolog-us theologian: see -ATE1.]

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  1.  The course in theology prescribed for candidates for the priesthood.

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1889.  in Worcester, Suppl.

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  2.  A theological college or seminary.

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1884.  Mrs. Calderwood’s Jrnls., v. 169, note. The Jesuit College at Liège, the theologate of the English Province.

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1898.  Month, Oct., 439. The Professor of Holy Scripture at the great Jesuit Theologate of Woodstock.

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1906.  Tablet, 15. Sept., 401. Ditton Hall, not far from Liverpool, where the exiled German province then had its theologate.

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