sufragan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French suffragant, from Old French suffragam, from Latin suffrāgium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈfra.ɡan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡan
  • Syllabification: su‧fra‧gan

Noun

sufragan m pers

  1. (Roman Catholicism) suffragan bishop (bishop leading a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese)
  2. (Anglicanism) suffragan bishop (bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictional in their role)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • sufraganat
  • sufragania

Further reading

  • sufragan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sufragan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French suffragant or German Suffragan.

Adjective

sufragan m or n (feminine singular sufragană, masculine plural sufragani, feminine and neuter plural sufragane)

  1. suffragan

Declension

Declension of sufragan
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite sufragan sufragană sufragani sufragane
definite sufraganul sufragana sufraganii sufraganele
genitive-
dative
indefinite sufragan sufragane sufragani sufragane
definite sufraganului sufraganei sufraganilor sufraganelor

References

  • sufragan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

sufragan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of sufragar