subdeacon
IPA: sʌbdˈikʌn
noun
- (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
- (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
- (Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon.
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Examples of "subdeacon" in Sentences
- In 1371 at the latest he was subdeacon.
- The next day, he was ordained a subdeacon.
- He was born in Rome, the son of a subdeacon.
- He became a subdeacon and later deacon in 1958.
- The usual street wear of the subdeacon is the cassock.
- The Subdeacon next reverences the choir, and then the altar.
- The proper garments of the subdeacon are the alb and tunicle.
- He studied at a Sulpician seminary and was ordained a subdeacon in 1809.
- Epiphanius additionally held the offices of lector, subdeacon and deacon.
- The fourth and fifth Lessons were read by two bishops, the sixth and seventh by the cardinals, the eighth by a subdeacon, and the ninth by the Pope himself.
- The subdeacon kneels to hold up the foot of each of the 12 men as the priest washes it, and the deacon proffers a towel with which to dry it, after which the priest kisses it.
- For the Assumption Day (Bank Holiday and feast of Obligation in France), a solemn mass was celebrated by an Assumptionist assisted by a deacon and subdeacon at 11: 00 in the Upper Basilica.
- A chanter sings the prophecy of Hosea; the Tract follows; the Penitentiary reads the prayer; the Deacon sings flectamus genua, the subdeacon Levate and reads a lesson form the book of Exodus.
- The sacred ministers then go to the sacristy to vest for Mass: the deacon and subdeacon exchanging dalmatics for folded chasubles, with a second subdeacon similarly vested to carry the processional cross.
- The Deacon pours wine, the subdeacon water, into the chalice, which is placed on the altar; the celebrant says "in Spiritu humilitatis" and turning to the people invites their prayers, "Orate fratres", recites the Pater noster and sings the "Libera nos quaesumus Domine."
- Ancient ecclesiastical monuments and documents lead us to believe that a subdeacon was a sort of head-acolyte or arch-acolyte, holding the same relation to the acolytes as the archdeacon to deacons, with this difference, however, that there was only one archdeacon, while there was a deacon for each region.
- Harnack further holds that the gentle treatment of sinners is an interpolation intended against Novatianism, and that the deaconesses as well as the subdeacon are a later addition, He dates the original form in the first half of the third century, and the additions in the last quarter of it; but the reasons given are very weak.
- The chanters lead to the "Sala Regia" and stop at the door of the Pauline chapel ... the subdeacon, with the Cross uncovered, between two Voters of the signature carrying lights; the Cardinal deacons, priests and bishops; the Cardinal celebrant, and the Sovereign Pontiff, followed by the officers of his court, and Generals of religious orders.