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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coadjutor
       n : an assistant to a Bishop

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "coadjutor":
     Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant,
     agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, ally, antipope, archbishop,
     archdeacon, archpriest, assistant, associate, attendant, auxiliary,
     bedfellow, best man, bishop, bishop coadjutor, brother,
     brother-in-arms, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon,
     cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutant, coadjutress, coadjutrix,
     cohort, colleague, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade,
     confederate, confrere, consociate, consort, crony, curate, dean,
     deputy, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, executive officer, fellow,
     fellow member, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, hierarch,
     high priest, lieutenant, metropolitan, papa, paranymph,
     paraprofessional, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope,
     prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, second, servant,
     sideman, subdean, suffragan, supporting actor,
     supporting instrumentalist, vicar
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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

















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