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Bishop's throne   /bˈɪʃəps θroʊn/   Listen
Bishop's throne

noun
1.
A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.  Synonym: cathedra.






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"Bishop's throne" Quotes from Famous Books



... fell out that everything concurred to strengthen the hatred of the Bishop to the Jesuits. To the Jesuit college came the Governor and all the notables, and, having taken Sanchez in procession through the streets, they placed him on the Bishop's throne in the Cathedral, and invested him with all the power that he had held before the coming of Don Bernardino Cardenas. The proclamation set forth by the Governor alluded to the informality of the consecration of Don Bernardino, and to his actions ...
— A Vanished Arcadia, • R. B. Cunninghame Graham



Words linked to "Bishop's throne" :   cathedral, throne



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