"titular see" meaning in English

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      "form": "titular sees",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions."
      ],
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          "episocopal see",
          "episocopal see"
        ],
        [
          "resident",
          "resident"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ],
        [
          "diocese",
          "diocese"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "titularly"
        },
        {
          "word": "sedentary"
        },
        {
          "word": "in partibus"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "type of episcopal see",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "titulair bisdom"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "titular see"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "titularly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sedentary"
    },
    {
      "word": "in partibus"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions."
      ],
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          "episocopal see"
        ],
        [
          "resident",
          "resident"
        ],
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          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ],
        [
          "diocese",
          "diocese"
        ]
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of episcopal see",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "titulair bisdom"
    }
  ],
  "word": "titular see"
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