Bible Dictionaries
Celebret

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Latin: let him celebrate)

A testimonial given to a priest when traveling that he is in good standing, with the accompanying request that he be permitted to say Mass. Secular priests receive these from their ordinaries; religious from their superiors; orientals, traveling through Latin jurisdictions, from the Congregation for the Oriental Church. These testimonials should be of recent origin.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Celebret'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/celebret.html. 1910.