archdeacon
IPA: ˈɑrtʃdˈikʌn
noun
- (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.
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Examples of "archdeacon" in Sentences
- He was also archdeacon of the diocese of Coventry.
- He appointed the first woman archdeacon in the church.
- He held the office of Archdeacon of Shropshire in 1916.
- The Archdeacon Tello, purchased the site of the monastery.
- In the following year, he was elected archdeacon of the Abbey.
- Barbour was the Archdeacon of the Kirk of St Machar in Aberdeen.
- He was for a long time the Archdeacon of the Bishopric of Moray.
- He was the son of the elder brother of Archdeacon of the Christ.
- It was the seat of an archdeaconate answering to the bishop of Autun.
- The Archdeacon of London is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England.
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