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| suf·fra·gan [ súffrəgən ] (plural suf·fra·gans) |
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1. assistant bishop: a Christian bishop appointed to assist the main bishop in a diocese
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2. bishop as assistant to archbishop: the Christian bishop of a diocese who is an assistant to the archbishop of the province to which the diocese belongs
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| [14th century. Via French< medieval Latin suffraganeus "assisting" < Latin suffragium "support, a vote"] |
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 suf·fra·gan adjective |
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