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Webster 1913 Edition
Chorepiscopus
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Choˊre-pis′co-pus
,Noun.
pl.
Chorepiscopi
(#)
. (Eccl.)
A “country” or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Definition 2024
chorepiscopus
chorepiscopus
English
Noun
chorepiscopus (plural chorepiscopi)
- A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Latin
Noun
chōrepiscopus m (genitive chōrepiscopī); second declension
- suffragan (assistant bishop)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chōrepiscopus | chōrepiscopī |
| genitive | chōrepiscopī | chōrepiscopōrum |
| dative | chōrepiscopō | chōrepiscopīs |
| accusative | chōrepiscopum | chōrepiscopōs |
| ablative | chōrepiscopō | chōrepiscopīs |
| vocative | chōrepiscope | chōrepiscopī |
References
- chorepiscopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chorepiscopus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- chorepiscopus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016