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a bishop's chair (cf. chair of St. Peter), episcopal authority
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  • Cathedra

    is gereht bisceopstól on Englisc, and se hálga Petrus wæs áhafen on þám dæge on his bisceopstól. Þone stól hé gesæt seofon geár,

    • Hml. S. 10, 4-7.
  • Candelstæf

    candelabrum,

    bisceopstæf (? l. -stól)

    cathedra,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 5
    • .
  • On setl biscopstóles

    in sedem pontificatus,

    • Bd. 5, 23
    • ;
    • Sch. 692, 1
    • .
  • Hé wæs tó bisceope gehálgod tó þám bisceopstóle æt Seolesígge,

    • Chr. 980
    • ;
    • P. 122, 29.
  • Hé gesæt þone bisceopstól an þára twégra apostola dæge on Wintanceastre,

    • 984
    • ;
    • P. 124, 5
    • .
  • Hé betǽhte his bisceopstól óþrum bisceope,

    • Hml. S. 29, 112
    • .
in a local sense,
a bishop's see, cathedral town
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  • Geáfon hí him tó bisceopstóle þá burh Dorcanceaster, and hé þǽr binnan wunode,

    • Hml. S. 26, 135
    • .
  • Ic tó ǽlcum biscepstóle on mínum ríce wille áne onsendan,

    • Past. 7, 25
    • .
  • Ꝥ ǽlc bisceop bið æt his bisceopstóle

    (in sede episcopali),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 178, 1
    • .
  • He is bebyrged æt his bisceopstóle,

    • Chr. 1069
    • ;
    • P. 204, 10
    • .
a bishop's palace
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  • Fǽringa cómon þearfan tó þám bisceopstóle (tó þám biscope, v. l.)

    subito ad episcopium pauperes venerunt,

    • Gr. D. 63, 29
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. bishop-stool.
]
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v.  bisceop-stæf.
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