suffragan (redirected from bishops suffragan)

suf·fra·gan  (sfr-gn)

n. Abbr. Suff. or Suffr.

1. A bishop elected or appointed as an assistant to the bishop or ordinary of a diocese, having administrative and episcopal responsibilities but no jurisdictional functions.

2. A bishop regarded in position as subordinate to an archbishop or a metropolitan.

adj.

Of, being, or relating to a suffragan.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin suffrgneus, voting, supporting, from Latin suffrgium, support, right to vote, from suffrgr, to express support; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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suffra·gan·ship n.

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suffragan [ˈsʌfrəgən]

adj

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)

a.  (of any bishop of a diocese) subordinate to and assisting his superior archbishop or metropolitan

b.  (of any assistant bishop) having the duty of assisting the bishop of the diocese to which he is appointed but having no ordinary jurisdiction in that diocese

n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a suffragan bishop

[from Medieval Latin suffragāneus, from suffrāgium assistance, from Latin: suffrage]

suffraganship  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

suffragan - an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese suffragan bishop 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

Translations

suffragan [ˈsʌfrəgən]

A. ADJ → sufragáneo

B. N → obispo m sufragáneo

suffragan

adj → Suffragan-; suffragan bishop → Suffraganbischof m

n → Suffragan(bischof) m