bishop's seat

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In this sentence, it means the body of clergy in the church who chant the sacred offices; above, referring to the bishop’s seat, it meant the place which the clergy occupied during the church services.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various

To-day the nearest bishop's seat is at Tarbes, in the archbishopric of Auch.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The bishop's seat was originally at Wells, where it still continues.

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

The apse has a marble seat running round it, with the bishop's seat in the centre raised on several steps.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

For a long time the city was only a bishop's seat, but in 1559 it was made an archbishopric.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)