chorepiscopus.
A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Meaning & usage
A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
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
Where this word comes from
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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