archdeacon
noun
an ecclesiastic, ranking next below a bishop and having charge of the temporal and external administration of a diocese, with jurisdiction delegated from the bishop.
archdeaconship
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a word derived from
archdeacon.
Example Sentences
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Dubois left at five o'clock in the morning, in a hunting-dress, for Pautoix, where he found M. de Tressan, who, according to his promise, bestowed on him the deaconship, the archdeaconship, and the priesthood.
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Alexandre Dumas père
