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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ARoma-san_giovanni03.jpg">thumb</a>An <b>episcopal see</b> is the area of a <a href="page.php?w=bishop">bishop</a>'s <a href="page.php?w=ecclesiastical_jurisdiction">ecclesiastical jurisdiction</a>.</p>

<p>Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with <a href="page.php?w=diocese">diocese</a>.</p>

<p>The word see is derived from <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> <i>sedes</i>, which in its original or</p><p>
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