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ealdor-biscop

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ealdor-biscop, es; m.
An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred
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  • Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop

    then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat;

    sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat,
    • Bd. 4,
    • 1;
    • S. 563, 23: 2,
    • 13;
    • S. 516, 1: 5,
    • 8;
    • S. 621,
    • 39.
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