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Definition of Suffragans
1. suffragan [n] - See also: suffragan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffragans
Literary usage of Suffragans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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)
"... who threatened Joannes III with the forfeiture of the right to consecrate his
suffragans; in the case of Felix IV, in regard to the questions that arose ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... who threatened Joannes III with the forfeiture of the right to consecrate his
suffragans; in the case of Felix IV, in regard to the questions that arose ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"By this bull all the Scottish sees were made suffragans to that of St Andrews,
whose bishops were now to be styled archbishops. from that of the rest of ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Twelve sees were assigned to St. Andrews as its suffragans, those of Glasgow,
Dunkeld, Aberdeen, Moray, Brechin, Dunblane, Ross, Caithness, Orkney, Argyll, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Twelve seee were assigned to St. Andrews as ite suffragans, those of Glasgow,
Dunkeld, Aberdeen, Moray, Brechin, Dunblane, Ross, Caithness, Orkney, Argyll, ..."
6. A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry by John Woodward (1894)
"ARLES, Archbishopric, with four suffragans : MARSEILLE, ... BOURGES, Archbishopric,
with five suffragans : CLERMONT, LIMOGES, LE PUY, ST. FLOUR, and TULLE. ..."
7. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"In the territory of the king of Portugal there is one archbishopric, at a city
called Braga; which has seven suffragans, namely, the bishop of Portigal,82 ..."
8. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"In the territory of the king of Saint Jago there is one archbishopric, namely,
that of Saint Jago;76 which has under it eleven suffragans, namely, ..."
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