Suffragan
SUFFRAGAN (Med. Lat. su/raganeus su/ragator, one who assists, from sufragari, to vote in favour of, to support) in the Christian Church, (i) a diocesan bishop in his relation to the metropolitan; (2) an assistant bishop. (See the article BISHOP.)
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
