Suffragan

//ˈsə.fɹə.ɡən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.).

    "Now take your hors said sir Tristram And as ye say / soo hit shal be / and alle thyn euylle wil god forgyue it yow and I doo / And here within this myle is the suffrecan of Carleil that shalle gyue yow the sacrament of baptym"

  2. 2
    an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese wordnet
  3. 3
    An auxiliary bishop.

    "One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”"

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, Old French suffragam, from (the stem of) Latin suffrāgium (“suffrage”).

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