suffragan
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈsʌfɹəɡən/
suffragan (plural suffragans)
- A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:14.14?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter xiiij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XII:
- Now take your hors said sir Tristram And as ye say / soo hit shal be / and alle thyn euylle wil god forgyue it yow and I doo / And here within this myle is the suffrecan of Carleil that shalle gyue yow the sacrament of baptym
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:14.14?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter xiiij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XII:
- An auxiliary bishop.
- 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:
- A suffragan could share the tasks which were special to bishops; for example, by conducting confirmations.
- 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:
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