suffragan
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English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, Old French suffragam, from (the stem of) Latin suffrāgium (“suffrage”).
Pronunciation
Noun
suffragan (plural suffragans)
- A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XII:
- 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
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- An auxiliary bishop.
- 1918, W B Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- 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.”
- 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:
- A suffragan could share the tasks which were special to bishops; for example, by conducting confirmations.