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suffragan
noun(suf-fra-gan)
a diocesan bishop (as in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England) subordinate to a metropolitan
suffragan
noun(suf-fra-gan)
an Anglican or Episcopal bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of succession
suffragan
adjective(suf-fra-gan)
of or being a suffragan
suffragan
adjective(suf-fra-gan)
subordinate to a metropolitan or archiepiscopal see

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