💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Auxiliary bishop"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| even-bishopnoun | A co-bishop; a coadjutor bishop. |
| coadjutor bishopnoun | (Roman Catholicism) An auxiliary bishop with the right of succession, i.e., he becomes bishop upon the death, removal or retirement of the incumbent bishop. |
| coadjutornoun | An assistant or helper. |
| cobishopnoun | A joint or coadjutant bishop. |
| suffragannoun | An auxiliary bishop. |
| vicariatenoun | (Christianity) The office, authority, or district of a vicar. |
| auxiliarynoun | (nautical) A sailing vessel equipped with an engine. |
| underdeaconnoun | A subordinate deacon. |
| abbot-bishopnoun | An abbot who is also a bishop. |
| subdeaconnoun | (Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass. |
| provisornoun | One who provides; a purveyor. |
| secondary | Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc. |
| deputynoun | One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. |
| dept.noun | Abbreviation of department. [A part, portion, or subdivision.] |
| exarchnoun | In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch. |
| missionary bishopnoun | (Christianity) A bishop assigned in the Anglican Communion (and, until 1964, in Methodist churches) to an area that is not already organized under a bishop of a church. |
| subdeaconshipnoun | the office of a subdeacon |
| coadjutantnoun | An assistant. |
| subdeannoun | An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. |
| diocesannoun | An inhabitant of a diocese. |
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