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archdeacon

(-dē′kən)

noun

a church official ranking just below a bishop or an archpriest: in the Anglican Church, an archdeacon has supervisory duties under the bishop

Origin: ME archedeken < OE arcediacon < LL(Ec) archidiaconus < LGr(Ec) archidiakonos < Gr archos (see arch-) + diakonos, servant: see deacon

See archdeacon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English archedeken

Origin: , from Old English arcediakon

Origin: , from Late Latin archidiāconus

Origin: , from Late Greek arkhidiākonos

Origin: : Greek arkhi-, archi-

Origin: + Greek diākonos, deacon

Related Forms:

arch·deaˈcon·ate (-kə-nĭt) noun

arch·deaˈcon·shipˌ noun

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