English

Alternative forms

• camarlengo
• camerlingo

Noun

camerlengo ‎(plural camerlengos)

1. chamberlain; the cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Frankish *kamerling (whence Old High German chamarling and French chambellan). The root of the word is Latin camera; the word was probably coined at the court of Frankish kings.

Noun

camerlengo m ‎(plural camerlenghi)

1. chamberlain

Portuguese

Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlengos)

1. camerlengo (cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church during the interregnum)