Ealdor-biscop

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ealdor-biscop

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ealdor-biscop
m. An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred :-- Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setles ealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 23: 2, 13; S. 516, 1: 5, 8; S. 621, 39.

Related words: bisceop. ealdor-biscop

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