Obs. rare. [f. Gr. χώρα country + -AL: see below.] In Choral bishop, repr. Gr. χωρεπίσκοπος country-bishop, suffragan bishop.
1636. Prynne, Unbish. Tim. (1661), 51. Popes, Patriarks, Metropolitans, Archbishops and Choral Bishops … usually ordain Ministers. Ibid., 53. The Council of Hispalis … decrees that Presbyters and Choral Bishops, which are all one.
