suffragan

suffragan is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.An assistant.
  2. 2.(Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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