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titular sees

titular sees is the plural of titular see.

Meaning of titular see

Noun

titular see (plural titular sees)

  1. An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions.
    • Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa

Questions about titular sees

What is titular sees the plural of?
Titular sees is the plural of titular see.

Words near titular sees in the dictionary

  1. titular bishops
  2. titular church
  3. titular churches
  4. titular of the tithes
  5. titular see
  6. titular sees
  7. titularies
  8. titularise
  9. titularised
  10. titularises
  11. titularising

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