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Word: suffragan (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or pertaining to a suffragan.

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Noun:

  • An auxiliary bishop.
  • A purely descriptive term for a bishop in charge of a diocese which is part of a larger archdiocese or metropolitan province; the archbishop or metropolitan has no power over such a bishop, but has some authority over the diocese if the see is vacant.

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