coadjutor
Americannoun
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an assistant.
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an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.
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a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.
noun
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a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
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rare an assistant
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of coadjutor
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + adjūtor helper ( adjū- base of adjuvāre to help ( cf. adjutant) + -tor -tor )
Example Sentences
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The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning is the new coadjutor bishop of Providence with a right of succession.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Soon after he arrived at the Diocese of Newark in 1976 as bishop coadjutor, a steppingstone to bishop, the diocese became one of the first to ordain women to the priesthood.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021
In 2013, the pope named a Michigan bishop, Bernard A. Hebda, to be coadjutor archbishop in Newark.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2017
Reese added that, because the pope appointed a coadjutor to Newark in the first place, it seems “highly unlikely” Myers will be allowed to stay in place long after turning 75.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2016
Franciscus de Gambis, Procurator Fisci, was the coadjutor in the prosecution, opening the case in Pamphlet 5, but thereafter playing little part in the case.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
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