Chorepiscopi

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chorepiscopus \Cho`re*pis"co*pus\, n.; pl. {Chorepiscopi}. [L.,
     fr. Gr. ?; chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country + ? bishop. Cf.
     {Bishop}.] (Eccl.)
     A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient
     church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal
     jurisdiction in a rural district.


     [1913 Webster] Choreus