archidiaconal

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

adjective

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

archidiaconal

/ ˌɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to an archdeacon or his office

Word History and Origins

Origin of archidiaconal¹

1645–55; < Late Latin archidiācon ( us ) archdeacon + -al ¹

Example Sentences

As I had read a little while before the new archidiaconal theory of obedience, that of course prevented my going out.

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But we all know how indefinite, how inconclusive, how meagre in practical results archidiaconal conferences are apt to be!

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It merely takes us round in a circle, telling us that poetry is poetical, that the archdeacon performs archidiaconal functions.

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Hilda turned upon her a face which appeared still to glow with the stimulus of the archidiaconal function.

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Such a proposition as “an archdeacon is one who performs archidiaconal functions” is not a definition.

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