suffragan

suffragan (s[schwa]f-r[schwa]-g[schwa]n). A titular bishop ordained to assist a bishop of the diocese in the church business; a deputy or assistant bishop. • Suffragans were originally appointed only to replace absent bishops and were called chorepiscopi (“bishops of the county”), as distinguished from the regular bishops of the city or see.

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资深译员Gary，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与公共政策与战略有关的法律文件。