bishop's seat

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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)

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)

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

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)

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