titular see
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An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer…An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions.
Meaning
1 sensesAn 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
Forms
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