bishop's seat

Example Sentences

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He mounted the bishop's seat, a stately throne, rich with the carving of the fifteenth century.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Addleshaw, Percy

The bishops deliberated by themselves on the matter, and then proposed in public the person whom they considered worthy of the bishop’s seat.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

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 Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

I wish for your sake, it really was a bishop's seat.'

From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony

John de Villula, with the intention of making the city the bishop's seat, built here a church so spacious that the nave alone would swallow up the existing building.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.