R. C. Ch. [ad. mod.L. theologāt-us, f. theolog-us theologian: see -ATE1.]
1. The course in theology prescribed for candidates for the priesthood.
1889. in Worcester, Suppl.
2. A theological college or seminary.
1884. Mrs. Calderwoods Jrnls., v. 169, note. The Jesuit College at Liège, the theologate of the English Province.
1898. Month, Oct., 439. The Professor of Holy Scripture at the great Jesuit Theologate of Woodstock.
1906. Tablet, 15. Sept., 401. Ditton Hall, not far from Liverpool, where the exiled German province then had its theologate.