archdeacon

About 0.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

Similar words

archd archdeaconship archdeaconry archdean archdeanery deacon subdeacon exarch archbishop sub-deacon

Often followed by

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Word family

archdeacons