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suffragans

n. (plural of suffragan English)

Usage examples of "suffragans".

The bishops of Gaul and Spain, of Thrace and Pontus, reigned over an ample territory, and delegated their rural suffragans to execute the subordinate duties of the pastoral office.

Forty-seven archbishops, each of whom may claim the obedience of four or five suffragans, are consecrated by his hand.