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SUFFRAGAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suffragan mean?
• SUFFRAGAN (noun)
The noun SUFFRAGAN has 1 sense:
1. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
Familiarity information: SUFFRAGAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
suffragan; suffragan bishop
Hypernyms ("suffragan" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
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