suffragan

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: suf=fra=gan

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]

suffragan, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See Suffragan, a.].

•  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.

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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