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was the name sometimes applied to bishops of the early Church, after the word ðñüåäñïé , derived from ðñïåäñßá , the elevated seat which the bishop occupied in the synod and in the religious assemblies of the people. See Coleman, Anc. Christianity Exemplified, p. 131.