'Suffragan' definitions:
Definition of 'suffragan'
(from WordNet)
noun
An assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: suffragan, suffragan bishop]
Definition of 'Suffragan'
From: GCIDE
- Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p. pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See Suffrage.] Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suffragan'
From: GCIDE
- Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See Suffragan, a.]
- 1. An assistant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. [1913 Webster]