bishop's seat
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The original dedication is not known, but in 1588 it was already used as an Ecclesiastical Court, and the next year a bishop's seat was made for use in it.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.
The ancient Romanesque cathedral of Notre Dame—from which the bishop's seat has been removed to the more modern St. Jerome—is an unusually interesting old church, though bare and unpretentious to-day.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
John de Villula, with the intention of making the city the bishop's seat, built here a church so spacious that the nave alone would swallow up the existing building.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
In 1627 the bishop's seat was removed to Sao Paulo de Loanda and Sao Salvador declined in importance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
I wish for your sake, it really was a bishop's seat.'
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
