bishop's seat
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Here and there, traces of stone-benches were visible; while a high-backed chair, likewise of stone, and resembling a bishop's seat in old churches, stood beside the window.
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Cathed′ra, a bishop's seat, the episcopal dignity—ex cathedra, from the chair, officially given forth.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
This catacomb contains an unquestionable example of a church, divided into a nave and chancel, with a rude stone altar and bishop’s seat behind it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
For a long time the city was only a bishop's seat, but in 1559 it was made an archbishopric.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
A memory of the fact that the bishop was in place of the abbot remains to this day in the position of the bishop's seat in the choir.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
