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titular bishop

titular bishop noun: a Roman Catholic bishop without a diocese, taking his title from a place where there is no longer a bishop's see.

Noun

titular bishop (plural titular bishops)

  1. A Roman Catholic bishop without a diocese, taking his title from a place where there is no longer a bishop's see.

Forms of titular bishop

pluraltitular bishops

Questions about titular bishop

What does titular bishop mean?
Titular bishop means a Roman Catholic bishop without a diocese, taking his title from a place where there is no longer a bishop's see.
What part of speech is titular bishop?
Titular bishop is a noun.
What is the plural of titular bishop?
The plural of titular bishop is titular bishops.

Words near titular bishop in the dictionary

  1. titubating
  2. titubation
  3. titubations
  4. Tituladoes
  5. titular
  6. titular bishop
  7. titular bishops
  8. titular church
  9. titular churches
  10. titular of the tithes
  11. titular see

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