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Chorepiscopus

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chorepiscopus \Cho`re*pis"co*pus\, n.; pl. {Chorepiscopi}. [L.,
   fr. Gr. ?; ?, ?, place, country + ? bishop. Cf. {Bishop}.]
   (Eccl.)
   A ``country'' or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient
   church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal
   jurisdiction in a rural district.
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