chorepiscopus

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noun

A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

OriginLatin chōrepiscopus ← Ancient Greek χωρεπίσκοπος →
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Meanings

nounchorepiscopus (plural chorepiscopi or chorepiscopuses)

plural chorepiscopi · plural chorepiscopuses

  1. A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
  2. 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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχωρεπίσκοπος
  2. Latinchōrepiscopus
  3. Englishchorepiscopus

Borrowed from Latin chōrepiscopus, from Ancient Greek χωρεπίσκοπος (khōrepískopos); χώρα (khṓra, “place, country”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”) (from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon, over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”)). Compare bishop.

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Translations

Arabic خُورْفِسْقُفُوس
  • خُورْفِسْقُفُوس (ḵūrfisqufūs)Translations
French chorévêque
  • chorévêqueTranslations
Russian хорепи́скоп
  • хорепи́скоп (xorepískop)Translations
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APA

chorepiscopus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chorepiscopus

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Chicago

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