CHOREPISCOPUS

‖Cho′re‐pis″co‐pus (?), n.; pl. Chorepiscopi (#). [[L., fr. Gr. �; χω̑ροσ, χώρα, place, country + � bishop. Cf. Bishop.]] (Eccl.) A “country” or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.