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Suffragan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Suffragan has 1 sense
- suffragan(n = noun.person) suffragan bishop - an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese; Array is a kind of bishop
CIDE DICTIONARY
Suffragan, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p. pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See Suffrage.].
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. [1913 Webster]
- An assistant. [1913 Webster]
- A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Suffragan, n. (in full suffragan bishop or bishop suffragan)
1 a bishop appointed to help a diocesan bishop in the administration of a diocese.
2 a bishop in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan.
1 a bishop appointed to help a diocesan bishop in the administration of a diocese.
2 a bishop in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan.
Idiom
suffragan see the see of a suffragan bishop.
Derivative
suffraganship n.
Etymology
ME f. AF & OF, repr. med.L suffraganeus assistant (bishop) f. L suffragium (see SUFFRAGE): orig. of a bishop summoned to vote in synod
ROGET THESAURUS
Suffragan
Clergy
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