Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suffragan

1 sense of suffragan

Sense 1
suffragan, suffragan bishop -- (an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)