Suburbicary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suburbicarian \Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an\, Suburbicary
  \Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry\, a. [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L.
     suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See {Suburban}.]
     Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the
     suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.
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           The pope having stretched his authority beyond the
           bounds of his suburbicarian precincts.   --Barrow.
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