Kingsbury Episcopi

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4321).

OriginOld English cyning ← Latin episcopi →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4321).

Origin

  1. Latinepiscopi
  2. Old Englishcyning
  3. EnglishKingsbury Episcopi

Recorded as Chingesberie in 1086 (Domesday Book), from Old English cyning + burh; the affix from Latin episcopi relating to its early possession by the Bishop of Bath.

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Kingsbury Episcopi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kingsbury%20Episcopi

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