suffragantn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌfrəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈsəfrəɡ(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suffragant.

Etymology: < Middle French, French suffragant (adjective) auxiliary, subordinate (late 16th cent. in Montaigne), (noun) bishop considered in relation to the archbishop of his province (1522 as souffragant ), supporter, helper (1541), alteration of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French suffragan , suffragain suffragan n. after classical Latin suffrāgant- , suffrāgans , present participle of suffrāgārī (see suffragate v.). Compare earlier suffragan n., suffragan adj.Compare Old Occitan suffraguant , Italian suffragante (17th cent. or earlier as noun and adjective). The use as adjective designating a subordinate diocese (see sense B. 1) is not paralleled in French until the mid 18th cent. In senses relating to voting (see senses A. 3, B. 3, B. 4) after suffrage n. II., suffrage v.

A. n.

1. A bishop considered in relation to the metropolitan or archbishop of his province. Also: a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. Cf. suffragan n. 1, suffragan n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > suffragan

lede bishopa1000

suffragan1425

country bishop1561

under-bishop1574

suffragant1577

chorepiscopea1600

Choral bishop1636

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. (STC 13568b) II. 395/1 There were presente at hys [sc. Henry II's] Coronation, the Archbishoppe of Rouen with three of his suffragants [1577 STC 13568 suffraganes].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suffragant, a Suffragant, or Suffragan, a Bishops deputie.

1794 J. Ouiseau Pract. Geogr. sig. D5^v/2 Meaux..is the see of a bishop, who was formerly a suffragant to Sens, but now to Paris.

1880 National Q. Rev. Apr. 274 The representations to government, by the archbishop of Aix and his suffragants, ‘fairly indicate the position of the clergy in the present issue’.

1949 J. H. Ledit Church in Balkans 16 Twice Pope John X prohibited the use of the Slav liturgy in his letter to the Bishop of Salona and his suffragants.

2004 M. C. Armstrong Politics of Piety v. 120 The suffragant fulfilled the political and spiritual duties of the bishop during his frequent absences.

†2. A person who acts or speaks on another's behalf; a deputy or representative; a supporter or canvasser; a witness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another

whistlec1380

dictourc1440

orator1474

prolocutor?a1475

prelocutor1500

vauntparler1534

paranympha1538

mouth1563

speech1578

speaker1583

promotor1603

ambassador1611

suffragant1613

suffragator1618

mouthpiece1776

linguist1819

megaphone1909

porte-parole1911

spokesperson1972

1613 P. Forbes Exquisite Comm. Reuelation St. Iohn xx. 220 For a perfit victory, is requisite also the destruction of the Dragon..: as, of whose Kingdome and authority, the Beast..was onely the suffragant.

1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith i. xxi. 181 Wee haue euery member of the Romish Church a suffragant or witnesse for vs.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 118 Hoping to find them more friends and suffragants to the virtues..of sober women than enemies to their beauty.

1682 Observator 7 Oct. The Odds [between the leading candidates in a poll to elect a Lord Mayor of London] being so Small, a Scrutiny was desir'd by the Suffragants for Sir William Pritchard.., which was Granted, with a Respect to the Common Desire of Both Parties.

†3. A person who votes or has the right to vote; a voter. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier

witec900

witnessc950

witnessman10..

proofc1380

witnesserc1400

record1408

recorderc1425

test1528

testor1570

attestator1598

attester1598

testator1602

suffragator1606

testimoner1607

testifier1611

voucher1612

suffragant1613

testate1619

sponsor1651

testee1654

vouchee1654

adducer1681

testificator1730

circumstantiator1858

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > voter

suffragator1606

suffragant1613

suffrager1614

voicer1618

voter1647

1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. iii. iii. xv. 243 It is impossible any determination, that takes it force from multitude of voyces, shoud be eyther in it selfe more certaine, or more forcible to perswade others, then are the motiues or inducements that swayed the suffragants so to determine.

1740 H. Brooke Appeal to Publick from Unappellate Tribunal 36 In This College..the Founder's Statutes direct that Elections shall be made by the Major Part of Seven Voices: Now Six of the Suffragants..idly concluded that [etc.].

1825 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 29 June The State of New York.., while it dispenses with the freehold qualification in all other cases, requires it of the colored suffragant.

1835 Westm. Rev. 1 Jan. 61/2 ‘The great art of government..is this, that all should be governed by all.’ That is to say, that the whole of the suffragants, the whole voters, shall be governed by the whole voters. What is this but saying, that the mob shall be governed by the mob?

1906 Brownsville (Texas) Daily Herald 16 June He says there is no law to make suffragants vote.

B. adj.

1. Of a bishop or bishopric: subordinate to a metropolitan or archiepiscopal see and its incumbent; (without construction) designating such a bishop or bishopric. Later also: designating a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop.

ΚΠ

1592 J. Eliot Survay France 73 This towne belongeth to the duke of Sauoy, and is a bishoprike suffragant to the Bishop of Embrune.

1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie xix. 105 [Aquileia and Milan] had either of them a multitude of Suffragant Bishops vnder them.

1690 R. Parsons Jesuit's Memorial viii. 91 A third Archbishoprick..at Bristol or thereabouts, which might have for his Suffragant Bishopricks, those of the West Country, and more parts of Wales.

1752 Abp. Butler's Visitation Bk. in Archivium Hibernicum (1975) 33 21 We, as representative of the metropolitan, received these decrees and communicated them to the suffragant bishops of this province.

1792 W. Perks Youth's Gen. Introd. Guthrie's Geogr. 231 Metz... A bishopric, which, as well as Toul and Verdun, is suffragant to Treves in Germany.

1899 Dundee Courier 19 Jan. 4/2 It was resolved to vote..£500 towards the establishment of a Suffragant Bishop for Egypt.

1908 Boston Daily Post 24 Feb. 11/6 In..1808..Boston was raised to the dignity and distinction of a separate episcopal see, suffragant still to the mother see of Baltimore.

1976 Homewood-Flossmoor (Illinois) Star 22 July 3/1 Father Middleton was ordained in May by the..suffragant bishop of Chicago.

2006 S. J. Kirschbaum A to Z of Slovakia 71 In December 1977..Slovakia became an independent ecclesiastical province in which all Slovak dioceses were made suffragant dioceses of the new archdiocese of Trnava.

†2. Auxiliary, subordinate. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective]

unprincipal?1541

sillya1547

faulty1574

subaltern1581

suffragant1603

faulted1608

under-rate1709

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. lvi. 175 She [sc. Divinity] ought to be chiefe ruler..and not suffragant [Fr. suffragante] and subsidiarie.

†3. Giving support or witness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > offering evidence

testifying1585

testificatory1593

evidencing1609

evidentiala1641

suffragant1652

attesting1720

evidentiary1780

evincive1805

documentary1843

evidencive1851

1652 Bp. J. Hall Let. conc. Christmasse 18 If now after all this I should let my Pen loose to the suffragant Testimonies, whether of Antiquity, or Modern Divines, and Reformed Churches, I should tire your patience.

†4. That votes or has the right to vote; having or exercising suffrage. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1843 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 26 June We who enjoy the numerous blessings of a free government..and feel that the only honest and just power, is the represented will of the entire suffragant people.

1859 tr. Opinion Nationale in Examiner 1 Oct. 630/2 The permanent liberty of the press—the organ of suffragant citizens—so far from constituting any serious danger for a government proceeding from universal suffrage.., is an absolute condition, a vital organ of that system of democratic government.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suffragant
释义	suffragantn.adj. Brit. /ˈsʌfrəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈsəfrəɡ(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suffragant. Etymology: < Middle French, French suffragant (adjective) auxiliary, subordinate (late 16th cent. in Montaigne), (noun) bishop considered in relation to the archbishop of his province (1522 as souffragant ), supporter, helper (1541), alteration of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French suffragan , suffragain suffragan n. after classical Latin suffrāgant- , suffrāgans , present participle of suffrāgārī (see suffragate v.). Compare earlier suffragan n., suffragan adj.Compare Old Occitan suffraguant , Italian suffragante (17th cent. or earlier as noun and adjective). The use as adjective designating a subordinate diocese (see sense B. 1) is not paralleled in French until the mid 18th cent. In senses relating to voting (see senses A. 3, B. 3, B. 4) after suffrage n. II., suffrage v. A. n. 1. A bishop considered in relation to the metropolitan or archbishop of his province. Also: a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. Cf. suffragan n. 1, suffragan n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > suffragan lede bishopa1000 suffragan1425 country bishop1561 under-bishop1574 suffragant1577 chorepiscopea1600 Choral bishop1636 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. (STC 13568b) II. 395/1 There were presente at hys [sc. Henry II's] Coronation, the Archbishoppe of Rouen with three of his suffragants [1577 STC 13568 suffraganes]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suffragant, a Suffragant, or Suffragan, a Bishops deputie. 1794 J. Ouiseau Pract. Geogr. sig. D5^v/2 Meaux..is the see of a bishop, who was formerly a suffragant to Sens, but now to Paris. 1880 National Q. Rev. Apr. 274 The representations to government, by the archbishop of Aix and his suffragants, ‘fairly indicate the position of the clergy in the present issue’. 1949 J. H. Ledit Church in Balkans 16 Twice Pope John X prohibited the use of the Slav liturgy in his letter to the Bishop of Salona and his suffragants. 2004 M. C. Armstrong Politics of Piety v. 120 The suffragant fulfilled the political and spiritual duties of the bishop during his frequent absences. †2. A person who acts or speaks on another's behalf; a deputy or representative; a supporter or canvasser; a witness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another whistlec1380 dictourc1440 orator1474 prolocutor?a1475 prelocutor1500 vauntparler1534 paranympha1538 mouth1563 speech1578 speaker1583 promotor1603 ambassador1611 suffragant1613 suffragator1618 mouthpiece1776 linguist1819 megaphone1909 porte-parole1911 spokesperson1972 1613 P. Forbes Exquisite Comm. Reuelation St. Iohn xx. 220 For a perfit victory, is requisite also the destruction of the Dragon..: as, of whose Kingdome and authority, the Beast..was onely the suffragant. 1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith i. xxi. 181 Wee haue euery member of the Romish Church a suffragant or witnesse for vs. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 118 Hoping to find them more friends and suffragants to the virtues..of sober women than enemies to their beauty. 1682 Observator 7 Oct. The Odds [between the leading candidates in a poll to elect a Lord Mayor of London] being so Small, a Scrutiny was desir'd by the Suffragants for Sir William Pritchard.., which was Granted, with a Respect to the Common Desire of Both Parties. †3. A person who votes or has the right to vote; a voter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier witec900 witnessc950 witnessman10.. proofc1380 witnesserc1400 record1408 recorderc1425 test1528 testor1570 attestator1598 attester1598 testator1602 suffragator1606 testimoner1607 testifier1611 voucher1612 suffragant1613 testate1619 sponsor1651 testee1654 vouchee1654 adducer1681 testificator1730 circumstantiator1858 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > voter suffragator1606 suffragant1613 suffrager1614 voicer1618 voter1647 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. iii. iii. xv. 243 It is impossible any determination, that takes it force from multitude of voyces, shoud be eyther in it selfe more certaine, or more forcible to perswade others, then are the motiues or inducements that swayed the suffragants so to determine. 1740 H. Brooke Appeal to Publick from Unappellate Tribunal 36 In This College..the Founder's Statutes direct that Elections shall be made by the Major Part of Seven Voices: Now Six of the Suffragants..idly concluded that [etc.]. 1825 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 29 June The State of New York.., while it dispenses with the freehold qualification in all other cases, requires it of the colored suffragant. 1835 Westm. Rev. 1 Jan. 61/2 ‘The great art of government..is this, that all should be governed by all.’ That is to say, that the whole of the suffragants, the whole voters, shall be governed by the whole voters. What is this but saying, that the mob shall be governed by the mob? 1906 Brownsville (Texas) Daily Herald 16 June He says there is no law to make suffragants vote. B. adj. 1. Of a bishop or bishopric: subordinate to a metropolitan or archiepiscopal see and its incumbent; (without construction) designating such a bishop or bishopric. Later also: designating a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. ΚΠ 1592 J. Eliot Survay France 73 This towne belongeth to the duke of Sauoy, and is a bishoprike suffragant to the Bishop of Embrune. 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie xix. 105 [Aquileia and Milan] had either of them a multitude of Suffragant Bishops vnder them. 1690 R. Parsons Jesuit's Memorial viii. 91 A third Archbishoprick..at Bristol or thereabouts, which might have for his Suffragant Bishopricks, those of the West Country, and more parts of Wales. 1752 Abp. Butler's Visitation Bk. in Archivium Hibernicum (1975) 33 21 We, as representative of the metropolitan, received these decrees and communicated them to the suffragant bishops of this province. 1792 W. Perks Youth's Gen. Introd. Guthrie's Geogr. 231 Metz... A bishopric, which, as well as Toul and Verdun, is suffragant to Treves in Germany. 1899 Dundee Courier 19 Jan. 4/2 It was resolved to vote..£500 towards the establishment of a Suffragant Bishop for Egypt. 1908 Boston Daily Post 24 Feb. 11/6 In..1808..Boston was raised to the dignity and distinction of a separate episcopal see, suffragant still to the mother see of Baltimore. 1976 Homewood-Flossmoor (Illinois) Star 22 July 3/1 Father Middleton was ordained in May by the..suffragant bishop of Chicago. 2006 S. J. Kirschbaum A to Z of Slovakia 71 In December 1977..Slovakia became an independent ecclesiastical province in which all Slovak dioceses were made suffragant dioceses of the new archdiocese of Trnava. †2. Auxiliary, subordinate. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] unprincipal?1541 sillya1547 faulty1574 subaltern1581 suffragant1603 faulted1608 under-rate1709 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. lvi. 175 She [sc. Divinity] ought to be chiefe ruler..and not suffragant [Fr. suffragante] and subsidiarie. †3. Giving support or witness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > offering evidence testifying1585 testificatory1593 evidencing1609 evidentiala1641 suffragant1652 attesting1720 evidentiary1780 evincive1805 documentary1843 evidencive1851 1652 Bp. J. Hall Let. conc. Christmasse 18 If now after all this I should let my Pen loose to the suffragant Testimonies, whether of Antiquity, or Modern Divines, and Reformed Churches, I should tire your patience. †4. That votes or has the right to vote; having or exercising suffrage. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1843 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 26 June We who enjoy the numerous blessings of a free government..and feel that the only honest and just power, is the represented will of the entire suffragant people. 1859 tr. Opinion Nationale in Examiner 1 Oct. 630/2 The permanent liberty of the press—the organ of suffragant citizens—so far from constituting any serious danger for a government proceeding from universal suffrage.., is an absolute condition, a vital organ of that system of democratic government. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1577
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