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suffragans

suffragans is the plural of suffragan.

Meaning of suffragan

Noun

suffragan (plural suffragans)

  1. A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.).
    • 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 baptym1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XII
  2. An auxiliary bishop.
    • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about suffragans

What is suffragans the plural of?
Suffragans is the plural of suffragan.

Words near suffragans in the dictionary

  1. sufformatives
  2. suffosion
  3. suffossion
  4. suffossions
  5. suffragan
  6. suffragans
  7. suffraganship
  8. suffraganships
  9. suffragant
  10. suffragants
  11. suffragate

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