Unscramble

c 3 o 1 a 1 d 2 j 8 u 1 t 1 o 1 r 1

9 letters · 19 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun an assistant to a bishop

originFrom Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coadiūtōrem, from co- + adiūtor (“helper”), from adiuvō (“to help”) + -tor (agent suffix). By surface analysis, co- + adjutor. The French derivation gave the accentuation co⁠ˈadjutor (used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge), but the poets generally, since 1600, appear to have coa⁠ˈdjutor, after Latin. No Latin…

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