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suffragan (1214)
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suffragan (1214)

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suffragane,  suffragene  
  FEW:  suffraganeus 12,414a Gdf:  suffragant 7,589a GdfC:  suffragant 10,725a TL: suffragant 9,1066 DEAF:  suffragant  DMF:  suffragane  / suffragant  TLF:  suffragant  OED:  suffragan n.  / suffragant n. and adj.  MED:  suffragan n.  DMLBS:  suffraganeus 3281c

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eccl.titlesuffragan bishop, one subordinate to an archbishop: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  E qe cil dui [...] Doze esliz suffragans sacrassent  S Greg 2129
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  L'elist de Canterberi veneit Ou ses sufragans ke out ausi  S Rich ANTS 923
( s.xiv1 )  solon les paroles acordez et assentuz en le tretiz, soient bailliez a garder a le ercevesqe de Canterbury ou a seon suffragane  Ann Lond 226
( 1395-96 )  touz autres evesqes, ses suffragenes et confreres  Rot Parl1 iii 236

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See also:

suffrager  suffragijs 
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