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bishop vs suffragan bishop

suffragan bishop vs bishop

bishop and suffragan bishop both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bishop Yes No No No
suffragan bishop Yes No No No
As nouns, suffragan bishop is a hyponym of bishop; that is, suffragan bishop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bishop:
  • 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
  • suffragan bishop: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
Other hyponyms of bishop include archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, exarch, exarch, primus, suffragan, vicar apostolic.
bishop (noun) suffragan bishop (noun)
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
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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
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