Meanings
plural cobishops
- A joint or coadjutant bishop.
Valerius[…]made use of Austin as a Co-Bishop
1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC
Origin
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