suffraganとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌfɹəɡən/

名詞

suffragan (複数形 suffragans)

1. A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XII:

     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 baptym

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2. An auxiliary bishop.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter 3, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     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.”