Coadju'tor (Lat.), a fellow-worker, not as principal but as second, an assistant. Technically, it is applied in ecclesiastical law to one appointed to assist a bishop, whom age or infirmity has disabled. If a bishop or archbishop is too ill to execute a resignation, the crown may give the dean and chapter power to appoint a bishop-coadjutor.
Coadju'tor
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 308
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