Chorepiscopus
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Cho`re`pis´co`pus
| n. | 1. | (Eccl.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.