📚 noun • entry_id 42988
coadjutor
/kəʊəˈd͡ʒuːtə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coadjutor
An assistant to a bishop.
August then appointed Prince George III of Anhalt (who was both a theologian and a priest as well as a prince) to be his coadjutor in spiritual matters.
When old age rendered any Bishop unable to perform his duties, the first example of which occurs AD 211, when Alexander became coadjutor to Narcissus at Jerusalem
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