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chorepiscopus

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Synonyms: chorepiscopal, chorepiscopi

Antonyms: chorepiscopal, chorepiscopi

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Noun

  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|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]]

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