Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A coworker; an assistant. See Synonyms at assistant.
- n. An assistant to a bishop, especially one designated to succeed the bishop.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who aids another; an assistant; a helper; an associate in occupation.
- n. One who is empowered or appointed to perform the duties of another. Johnson. Specifically
- n. The assistant of a bishop or other prelate. A permanent coadjutor may or may not be appointed, with right of succession. Synonyms Associate, Friend, Companion, etc. (see
associate ), fellow-worker, auxiliary, cooperator.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.
- n. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an assistant to a bishop
Etymologies
- From Old French coadjuteur, from Latin coadiūtor, from co- + adiūtor ("helper"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English coadjutour, assistant, from Latin coadiūtor : co-, co- + adiūtor, assistant (from adiūtāre, to aid; see adjutant). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The smaller one, whom I have called the coadjutor, because her throne was less elevated than the princess ', put her finger on a button and a violent ringing broke the silence of the vast hallway.”
“Coadjutors are also temporary and perpetual; the first has no succession, the latter has, and is called coadjutor with right of succession.”
“First, they lie in wait for fat livings or sees which are held by an old or sick man, or even by one afflicted by an imaginary incompetence; him the Roman see gives a coadjutor, that is an assistant without his asking or wishing it, for the benefit of the coadjutor, because he is a papal servant, or pays for the office, or has otherwise earned it by some menial service rendered to Rome.”
“He said his successor would be elected during 2007, and would act with him as "coadjutor" until he stepped down.”
“Then, a notable person in Rome, from out of nowhere, discusses the pronunciation of 'coadjutor' on his website albeit an old post - 5/23/06 - so did he know then?”
“Due to Pilarczyk's age, instead of sending an assistant bishop to help him, a "coadjutor" is sent to work alongside him and, eventually, succeed him, Andriacco said.”
“We have coadjutor bishops, suffragan bishops and assisting bishops.”
A pro-choice Catholic is the new Notre Dame football coach « Dating Jesus
“As coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, O'Connell will succeed the Most Rev. John Mortimer Smith when the pope "accepts his resignation as required by canon law," at a date to be determined, according to a release from Catholic.”
The Washington Post: CUA president appointed bishop of Trenton
“The wait ended Friday, when the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named O'Connell the next bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, N.J. O'Connell, 55, will be ordained July 30 as coadjutor bishop-elect.”
The Washington Post: Pope names former Catholic University president next bishop of Trenton Diocese
“This cheerful 83-year-old is also recognized by the Vatican, as a coadjutor bishop, similar to an auxiliary bishop.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘coadjutor’.
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discoveries
These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
Looking back over this list, I haven't the slightest idea what mos...haymow, hawsepipe, stridor, bariatric, autotelic, apotropaic, cyanotype, tourelle, autobody, zudecca, stifado, corbeille and 1073 more...
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Words gathered while reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
refectory, soutane, ha-ha, jewelly, girt, centenary, collywobbles, coadjutor, catafalque, beeftea, pierhead, bedad and 235 more...
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looked up
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New Words
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On a Field, Sable, The Letter A, Gules
Words gleaned from my reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."
prolix, adown, besom, natal, eulogium, coadjutor, cumbrous, slumberous, inditing, anatto, impost, lucubrations and 50 more...
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Free Rice
All of the words I didn't really know from Free Rice
arid, salve, verity, myocardium, joist, coadjutor, obtuse, maharaja, pontiff, idyllic, chasm, bumpkin and 51 more...
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withering, finical, lope, bromide, cachet, catatonic, coadjutor, laconically, limn, exonerate, illusory, farcical and 43 more...
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knitandpurl "This important step secured, with the assistance of a man of law whom he brought with him for the purpose, the dwarf proceeded to establish himself and his coadjutor in the house, as an assertion of his claim against all comers; and then set about making his quarters comfortable after his own fashion." (p 137 of the Penguin English Library edition) Nov 14, 2007