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1. (adj.) suffragan
assisting or auxiliary to, as applied to any bishop in relation to the archbishop or metropolitan who is his or her superior.
2. suffragan
(of a see or diocese) subordinate to an archiepiscopal or metropolitan see.
3. (n.) suffragan
a suffragan bishop.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME suffragane < ML suffrāgāneus voting = L suffrāg(ium)suffrage)
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1. (noun) suffragan, suffragan bishop
an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
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1. (adj) suffragan
assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop
2. (adj) suffragan
an assistant
3. (adj) suffragan
a bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop
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