coadjutor

[ koh-aj-uh-ter, koh-uh-joo-ter ]

noun

1. an assistant.
2. an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.
3. a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.

coadjutor

/ kəʊˈædʒʊtə /

noun

1. a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
2. rare.
   an assistant

Derived Forms

• coˈadjutress, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of coadjutor¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + adjūtor helper ( adjū- base of adjuvāre to help ( adjutant ) + -tor -tor )

Word History and Origins

Origin of coadjutor¹

C15: via Old French from Latin co- together + adjūtor helper, from adjūtāre to assist, from juvāre to help

Example Sentences

The young fellow was Coadjutor of Strasburg, almost from the time of getting into short-clothes.

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He was therefore, in my belief, an able coadjutor with judge Abell in bringing on the massacre of July 30.

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The headstrong and forward temper of the person who was appointed his coadjutor crowned all his uneasiness.

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Accident, however, that frequent favourer of bold projects, came to her aid in the shape of a more efficient coadjutor.

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During his absence, a number of missionaries, making in all six priests and nine coadjutor brothers, had been sent from Portugal.

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