bishop's seat
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The ancient Romanesque cathedral of Notre Dame—from which the bishop's seat has been removed to the more modern St. Jerome—is an unusually interesting old church, though bare and unpretentious to-day.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
The town of Dorchester on the borders of Mercia was immediately assigned to Birinus as a bishop's seat.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham
To-day the nearest bishop's seat is at Tarbes, in the archbishopric of Auch.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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
In 1627 the bishop's seat was removed to Sao Paulo de Loanda and Sao Salvador declined in importance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
