suffragan
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suffragan
- /ˈsʌ.fɹə.ɡən/ UK
- /ˈsə.fɹə.ɡən/ US
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman, Old French suffragam, from Ecclesiastical Latin suffrāgāneus (adjective), from suffrāgium (“vote, support, intercession”) + -āneus (“-aneous”).
Doublet of suffraganean and suffraganeous, the learned (and adapted) borrowings from the Latin.
adjective
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Subordinate to an archbishop or metropolitan.
a suffragan bishop
Similar: suffraganean, suffraganeous
noun suffragans
- 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
- 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.”
Translations
Every language
adj subordinate to an archbishop or metropolitan
| Español | sufragáneo |
|---|---|
| Português | sufragâneo |
| Français | suffragant, suffragané |
| Italiano | suffraganeo |
noun bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province
| Français | suffragant |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Suffragan, Suffraganeus |
| Русский | суффраган suffragan |
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