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Faldstool

fold up in the manner of a camo stool It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church

Jansenist

A follower of Cornelius Jansen a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders in the 17th century who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility

Metropolitanate

The see of a metropolitan bishop

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Paulian

A follower of Paul of Samosata a bishop of Antioch in the third century who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ

Faldisdory

Faldisdory [fr. falde, Sax., a hedge, and stop, a place], the bishop's seat or throne within the chancel.

Pope

Any ecclesiastic esp a bishop

Prelate

A clergyman of a superior order as an archbishop or a bishop having authority over the lower clergy a dignitary of the church

Presentative

Having the right of presentation or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution as advowsons are presentative collative or donative

Priscillianist

A follower of Priscillian bishop of Avila in Spain in the fourth century who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity

ric

A suffix signifying dominion jurisdiction as bishopric the district over which a bishop exercises authority

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