Hypertext Webster Gateway: "archdeacon"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Archdeacon \Arch`dea"con\, n. [AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L.
archidiaconus, fr. Gr. ?. See {Arch-}, pref., and {Deacon}.]
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a
bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though
with independent authority. --Blackstone.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

archdeacon
n : (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually
ranking just below a bishop


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