Definition of Suffragan

1. Noun. An assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese.

Exact synonyms: Suffragan Bishop
Generic synonyms: Bishop

Definition of Suffragan

1. a. Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

2. n. An assistant.

Definition of Suffragan

1. Noun. A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.). ¹

2. Noun. An auxiliary bishop. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a suffragan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suffragan

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffragan

sufflues
suffocate
suffocated
suffocates
suffocateth
suffocating
suffocatingly
suffocation
suffocations
suffocative
suffonsified
suffonsify
suffosion
suffossion
suffossions
suffragan (current term)
suffragan bishop
suffragans
suffraganship
suffraganships
suffrage
suffrages
suffragette
suffragettes
suffraginous
suffragist
suffragists
suffrance
suffrutescent
suffrutex

Literary usage of Suffragan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1849)
"suffragan or Bishop of Kerry . . County of Kerry . 900 6* suffragan or Bishop of ... suffragan or Bishop of Roscommon . County of Roscommon. 800 12. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Archdiocese of Prague (973-1344 subject to Mainz, 1344 archbishopric), with suffragan dioceses of Budweis (founded 1785), Königgrätz (or Regina ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Arch- with the suffragan diocese of Brunn; dioceses and (6) the Austrian portion of the exempt Dioceses, diocese of Breslau for the remainder of Silesia; ..."

4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1897)
"The Bishop suffragan of Beverley. The Right Rev. The Bishop suffragan of Colchester. The Right Rev. The Bishop suffragan of Coventry. The Right Rev. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It comprised then all Maranhao, Para, and Amazonas. The see was vacant from 1813 till 1820; Leo XII made it suffragan to Sfto Salvador (15 June, 1827). ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It comprised then all Maranhao, Para, and Amazonas. The see was vacant from 1813 till 1820; Leo XII made it suffragan to Sao Salvador (15 June, 1827). ..."

7. Illustrated Notes on English Church History by Charles Arthur Lane (1898)
"This is why quite recently, as in the reign of King Henry VIII., suffragan-bishops have been appointed to assist in certain home dioceses, ..."

8. Inventory of Unpublished Material for American Religious History in by William Henry Allison (1910)
"The case of suffragan Bishops for foreign parts briefly proposed. 1704. ... A paper by the Bishop of London about a suffragan for the plantations. ..."

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