The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The seat of a bishop, i.e. his bishopric. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 368)
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Another name for diocese, eparchy, or archdiocese. From the Latin sedes, "seat," referring to the seat or chair of the bishop.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A term used in Christianity to refer to the ecclesiastical location of a bishop's authority (e.g. "the See of Rome"), and by extension to the authority itself.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            strictly, the official 'seat' ( sedes) of a Bishop. This normally stands in the cathedral of the diocese; hence the term is often transferred to the cathedral city, and sometimes loosely used of the actual diocese.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            properly, the official 'seat' of a bishop. Commonly used for the territorial unit of administration in the church, governed by a bishop; also known as a diocese
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The diocese or jurisdiction of a bishop.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            properly the official 'seat', or 'throne' of the bishop in his cathedral, (extended to refer to the town or area in which a bishop exercises authority)
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the jurisdiction or office of a bishop
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The ecclesiastical residence of a bishop; the see of our diocese is Roanoke.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Place where a Bishop holds jurisdiction.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            generally Roman Catholic usage referring to the ecclesiastical residence of a bishop; occasionally used by Episcopalians
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The official seat or throne of a bishop situated in the cathedral of the diocese. The see is also the place where the cathedral is located.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Ecclesiastical area under control of a bishop
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Bishopric; Diocese over which a Bishop has authority.