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superinspector

superinspector [LL], overseer, one who watches over, (for ἐπίσκοπος) bishop. dixerat ‥ supra presbyteros Ephesi Miletum vocatos quos nunc episcopos, id est ~ores, nominat Bede Acts 986A; episcopus ‥ Grece, Latine ~or, quia omnia prospicere debet vel ordinare Egb. Pont. 11; episcopus Graecum est, nomen operis, non honoris. inde dictum est ‘epi’ super ‘scopus’ inspector. ideo episcopi ~ores [gl.: oferinsceawras] nominantur Rit. Durh. 194.

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