What is a bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop called?
suffragan — (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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