archidiaconal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of archidiaconal
1645–55; < Late Latin archidiācon ( us ) archdeacon + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Joanna was furious—she would brook no interference from Archdeacons, and wrote the gentleman a letter which must have been unique in his archidiaconal experience.
From Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith
But the incident was one which bore a legal character and Colchester's part in it may possibly be brought within the vague limits of archidiaconal functions.
From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Ernest Harold Pearce
Herbert le Poor, late rival candidate for the See, also pranced alongside with all the importance of a great functionary, whose archidiaconal duty it was to enthrone all bishops of the Province of Canterbury.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
In an archidiaconal charge, delivered within a few months of his appointment, he firmly repudiated the Tractarians.
From Eminent Victorians by Giles Lytton Strachey
Mrs Pringle, however, would be present, and, as Ferguson said in self-justification, Mrs Pringle was more archidiaconal than any archdeacon living.
From Here and Hereafter by Barry Pain
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