suffragancyn.
/ˈsʌfrəɡənsi/, U.S. /ˈsəfrəɡənsi/ Christian Church. rare.
The status, office, or tenure of a suffragan bishop; (also and in earliest use) the fact of being suffragan to an archbishop, metropolitan see, etc.; suffraganship.
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suffragancy1841
1841 J. R. Hope Bishopric of United Church of Eng. & Ireland 35 The authority..made him a Bishop of the Church of England, and, by his suffragancy to the See of Canterbury, placed his Diocese for ecclesiastical purposes within the Metropolitical Province.
1888 Morning Post 6 June 7/3 The marvellous good effected in East London under the suffragancy of the Bishop of Wakefield when Bishop of Bedford.
1976 Living Church 15 Aug. 14/2 The Rt. Rev. Philip Elder [has been] Suffragan of Guyana since 1966... The suffragancy carries the formal title, Bishop of Stabroek.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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