What does coadjutor mean?
Definitions for coadjutor
koʊˈædʒ ə tər, ˌkoʊ əˈdʒu tərcoad·ju·tor
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Princeton's WordNet
coadjutornoun
an assistant to a bishop
Wiktionary
coadjutornoun
An assistant or helper.
coadjutornoun
An assistant to a bishop.
Etymology: From coadjuteur, from coadiutor, from co- + adiutor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Coadjutornoun
Etymology: from con and adjutor, Latin.
I should not succeed in a project, whereof I have had no hint from my predecessors the poets, or their seconds or coadjutors the criticks. John Dryden, Juv. Dedication.
Away the friendly coadjutor flies. Samuel Garth, Dispensary.
A gownman of a different make,
Whom Pallas, once Vanessa’s tutor,
Had fix’d on for her coadjutor. Jonathan Swift.A bishop that is unprofitable to his diocese ought to be deposed, and no coadjutor assigned him. John Ayliffe, Parergon.
Wikipedia
Coadjutor
The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
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coadjutor
A coadjutor is a person who assists or works collaboratively with another, particularly in a high-ranking or administrative role. In a religious context, it often refers to a bishop who is appointed to assist the diocesan bishop, and has the right to automatically succeed the incumbent diocesan bishop.
Webster Dictionary
Coadjutornoun
one who aids another; an assistant; a coworker
Coadjutornoun
the assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice
Etymology: [L. See Co-, and Aid.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of coadjutor in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of coadjutor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- KoadjutorGerman
- coadjutorSpanish
- coadjuteur, coadjutorFrench
- डिप्टीHindi
- coadiutoreItalian
- 共生者Japanese
- coadjutorPortuguese
- коадъюторRussian
- коа̀дјӯтор, koàdjūtorSerbo-Croatian
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