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A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Latin, from Ancient Greek χωρεπίσκοπος (khōrepiskopos); χώρα (khōra, “place, country”) + ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos, “overseer, bishop”) (from ἐπί (epi, “on, upon, over”) + σκοπός (skopos, “watcher”)). Compare bishop.
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