Chorepiscopus
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chorepiscopus is a noun meaning A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Meaning
A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
More Meanings
- A Chorepiscopus, the title used by the worldly rulers of the Principality of Kakheti and Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti (786-1104) in medieval Georgia, which effectively equaled to a king
Word Forms
- chorepiscopi
- chorepiscopuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bishop, eparch, exarch, suffragan, diocesan, archbishop.
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