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Definition of Chorepiscopi

Chorepiscopi
Chorepiscopus Cho`re*pis"co*pus, n.; pl. Chorepiscopi. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ?, ?, place, country + ? bishop. Cf. Bishop.] (Eccl.) A ``country' or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

Meaning of Chorepiscopi from wikipedia

- c****piscope or c****piscopus (plural c****piscopi) is taken from the Gr**** χωρεπίσκοπος and means "rural bishop". C****piscopi are first mentioned by Eusebius...
- ordination had reserved the right to take a wife. The thirteenth forbids c****piscopi to ordain presbyters or deacons. The sixteenth canon brackets the Christians...
- forbade c****piscopi (clergy in country parts who were of lower rank than the bishops of cities) to ordain deacons or priests. C****piscopi seem to have...
- bishop, priest, deacon, subdeacon, lector, and singer. There are many c****piscopi, not ordained bishop. It will be seen, then, that the relatively small...
- Baghdad on 7 May 780. The names of several higher clergy (one bishop, two c****piscopi and two archdeacons) and around seventy monks or priests are listed....
- over which he presides. Consequently, the powers of country bishops (c****piscopi) are curtailed, and direct recourse to the emperor is forbidden. The...
- publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "C****piscopi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Papadakis...
- were taken over by the local noble families who formed a succession of c****piscopi down to the 11th century, while the Guaramid estates p****ed to their...
- predecessor church was the administrative centre of the missionary bishops - "c****piscopi" - of Carinthia from the 8th century to 945 and similar in status to...
- his martyrdom, ****an as his successor. Baring-Gould refers to them as c****piscopi. The present-day St ****ans (referenced in the m****cripts as "Llanf****an...