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camerlengo definition

cam·er·lengo (kam′ər leŋ′gō)

noun

R.C.Ch. a cardinal in charge of the papal treasury and accounts
also camerlingo cam′·er·lin′go (-liŋ′-)

Etymology: It camarlingo, chamberlain < Gmc kamerlinc: see chamberlain

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