† chorepiscope Obs. rare—1.
[ad. late L. chōrepiscopus, a. Gr. χωρεπίσκοπος country bishop, suffragan bishop, f. χώρα or χῶρος country + ἐπίσκοπος bishop. The Latin form is now commonly used.]
A country or suffragan bishop of the early church appointed to superintend churches at a distance from the city where the bishop of the diocese resided.
| 1660 J. Lloyd Prim. Episc. 56 The Churches never suffered a Presbyter, or Chorepiscope, to ordaine. |
| a 1600 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. viii. §4 The old Chorepiscopi. 1839 J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. xi. (1847) 117 Where he had lived before as chorepiscopus. 1844 Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. ii. 64 At a time when there were no fixed bishoprics in Wales..there were chorepiscopi in the neighbourhood. 1844 tr. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. I. 30 Chorepiscopi, i.e. country bishops. This order held the middle rank between bishops and presbyters. |