archidiaconal

[ ahr-ki-dahy-ak-uh-nl ]

adjective

of or relating to an archdeacon or to the office of an archdeacon.

Origin of archidiaconal

1645–55; <Late Latin archidiācon(us) archdeacon + -al¹

Words Nearby archidiaconal

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How to use archidiaconal in a sentence

As I had read a little while before the new archidiaconal theory of obedience, that of course prevented my going out.
Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 27th, 1894 | Various
But we all know how indefinite, how inconclusive, how meagre in practical results archidiaconal conferences are apt to be!
Prisoners | Mary Cholmondeley
It merely takes us round in a circle, telling us that poetry is poetical, that the archdeacon performs archidiaconal functions.
Matthew Arnold | George Saintsbury
Hilda turned upon her a face which appeared still to glow with the stimulus of the archidiaconal function.
The Path of a Star | Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)
Such a proposition as “an archdeacon is one who performs archidiaconal functions” is not a definition.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for archidiaconal

archidiaconal

/ (ˌɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl) /

adjective

of or relating to an archdeacon or his office

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