bishop's seat
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This catacomb contains an unquestionable example of a church, divided into a nave and chancel, with a rude stone altar and bishop’s seat behind it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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 W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
So to the town of Chester, where there were about 400 or 500 houses, the bishop's seat was moved.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
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 Percy Addleshaw
I wish for your sake, it really was a bishop's seat.'
From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
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