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Definition of suffragan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

suffragan

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