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Etymology
Ultimately from Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”). The Roman Catholic sense is a semantic loan from Italian camerlengo.
Pronunciation
Noun
camarlenc m (plural camarlencs)
- (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo
- (historical) chamberlain
Further reading
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”).
Noun
camarlenc m (oblique plural camarlencs, nominative singular camarlencs, nominative plural camarlenc)
- chamberlain (officer in charge of managing a household)
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