titular see
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
titular (from Latin titularis, from titulum 'title' + -aris '-ary') + see (from Middle English se, from Old French, from Latin sedes 'seat', akin to sedere 'to sit')
[edit] Noun
titular see (plural titular sees)
- An episocopal see which has no resident bishop but serves (regardless whether it has a cathedral) as title of a nominal, not pastoral, diocese ((arch)bishopric), for a titular bishop or for an titular archbishop (in which case it's a titular archiepiscopal see)
- Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa
