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suffragan
[ suhf-ruh-guhn ]
adjective
- assisting or auxiliary to, as applied to any bishop in relation to the archbishop or metropolitan who is his superior, or as applied to an assistant or subsidiary bishop who performs episcopal functions in a diocese but has no ordinary jurisdiction, as, in the Church of England, a bishop consecrated to assist the ordinary bishop of a see in part of his diocese.
- (of a see or diocese) subordinate to an archiepiscopal or metropolitan see.
noun
- a suffragan bishop.
suffragan
/ ˈsʌfrəɡən /
adjective
- (of any bishop of a diocese) subordinate to and assisting his superior archbishop or metropolitan
- (of any assistant bishop) having the duty of assisting the bishop of the diocese to which he is appointed but having no ordinary jurisdiction in that diocese
noun
- a suffragan bishop
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Derived Forms
- ˈsuffraganship, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suffragan1
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Example Sentences
Bishop Thornton, suffragan of Dover, was an indefatigable persecutor of the true church.
There is an archbishop at Buenos Aires and eight suffragan bishops, including one for Paraguay.
Desirous of counterbalancing these preachings, the Bishop of Augsburg ordered his suffragan and his chaplain to ascend the pulpit.
The bishops are aided in their work by 36 suffragan and assistant bishops in England and Wales.
He was represented in the camp by his suffragan, the bishop of the Orkneys.
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