titular see
English
Noun
titular see (plural titular sees)
- An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions.
- Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa
Related terms
- titularly
- sedentary
Translations
type of episcopal see
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See also
- in partibus
Anagrams
- elutriates, tutelaries