Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suffragan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p.
pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be
favorable. See {Suffrage}.]
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL.
suffraganeus. See {Suffragan}, a.]
1. An assistant.
2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as
subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suffragan
n : an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: {suffragan
bishop}]
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