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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

coadjutor
    n 1: an assistant to a bishop

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coadjutor \Co`ad*ju"tor\, n. [L. See Co-, and Aid.]
   1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.
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            Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor.
                                                  --Sheridan.
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   2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest
      holding a benefice.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

COADJUTOR, eccl. law. A fellow helper or assistant; particularly applied to 
the assistant of a bishop.

Thesaurus Results for Coadjutor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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