suffragan
noun/ˈsʌfrəɡən/
/ˈsʌfrəɡən/
(also suffragan bishop)
- a bishop who is an assistant to a bishop of a particular dioceseWord Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, representing medieval Latin suffraganeus ‘assistant (bishop)’, from Latin suffragium.
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