bishop's seat
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SW. of Lyons, a bishop's seat, with a 10th-century cathedral; is the centre of a great lace manufacture.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The other part is East Gautland, where there is also a bishop's seat, to which the islands of Gotland and Eyland belong; and forming all together a still greater bishopric.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
So to the town of Chester, where there were about 400 or 500 houses, the bishop's seat was moved.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
The whole synod of Christchurch might pass threatening resolutions—as it did in 1863 and 1864—but as long as Henry Harper occupied the bishop's seat they were bound to be blocked by the episcopal veto.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
The apse has a marble seat running round it, with the bishop's seat in the centre raised on several steps.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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