Episcopa

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Episcopa [1]

a name sometimes given in the early Church to the wife of a bishop. The word is used in this sense in the second Council of Tours, where it is said that if a bishop have not a wife there shall no train of women follow him.

References

  1. ↑ Episcopa from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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