vladika

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  1. A bishop of the Church of Montenegro, who at the same time exercises temporal rule. The Church of Montenegro has from early times been independent under its bishops, who from 1516 to 1851 were also the temporal rulers, under the title of Vladikas, or prince-bishops. Encyc. Brit., XXXI. 383.

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  1. Bulgarian Bohemian vladyka, bishop, Old Bulgarian vladyka, lord, from vlada, vlasti, rule.
 

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