subdeacon
noun
- R.C.Ch., Historical a cleric ranking just below a deacon
- Eastern Ch. a cleric ranking just above a lector
See subdeacon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sub·dea·con
noun- A cleric ranking just below a deacon.
- A cleric who acts as assistant to the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
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