SUFFRAGAN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~eus, from suffragium support, prayer Date: 14th century a diocesan bishop (as in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England) subordinate to a metropolitan, an Anglican or Episcopal bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of succession, II. adjective Date: 15th century of or being a ~, subordinate to a metropolitan or archiepiscopal see