Chorepiscopus \Cho`re*pis"co*pus\, n.; pl. {Chorepiscopi}. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?; chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country + ? bishop. Cf.
{Bishop}.] (Eccl.)
A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient
church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal
jurisdiction in a rural district.
[1913 Webster] Choreus