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Thesaurus: suffragan

Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

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Definitions

  1. a. Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
  2. a. An assistant.
  3. a. A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.
  4. n. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
  5. Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. 1. An assistant. 2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.
  6. n. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese