suffraganshipn.
/ˈsʌfrəɡ(ə)nʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsəfrəɡənˌʃɪp/ Christian Church.
A suffragan diocese, see, or bishopric; (also) the office, status, or tenure of a suffragan.
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suffragancy1841
1547 Act 1 Edward VI c. 2 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. 4 The said parsone to whome the saide Archebisshoppriche Bisshoppriche or Suffraganshipp is so conferred collated or given.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cumb. 220 He was..made Episcopus Pissinensis..and therewith held the suffragane-ship under Henry Beaufort Bishop of Lincoln.
1854 T. Walsh Hist. Irish Hierarchy vii. 67 About 443 he [sc. Secundinus] was left in Meath by St. Patrick, and was entrusted with the care of the new converts in that territory... His suffraganship lasted about six years.
1947 A. H. Thompson Eng. Clergy Later Middle Ages ii. 50 His consecration brought..an implied dispensation..from rejecting the sources of income necessary to maintain his suffraganship in some degree of modest dignity.
2005 N. Blomkvist Discov. of Baltic vi. 348 It has been suggested that the bishopric of Växjö was founded as a suffraganship of Lund.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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