Word: archdeacon
Category: archdeacon
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Synonyms: archdeacon
eyeglass
Translations: archdeacon
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spanish
Translations:
arcediano
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french
Translations:
archidiacre
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russian
Translations:
архидиакон, архидьякон, протодьякон
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czech
Translations:
arciděkan, arcijáhen
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polish
Translations:
archidiakon
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greek
Translations:
αρχιδιάκονος
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estonian
Translations:
ülemdiakon
The meaning and "use of": archdeacon
noun
- a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities. - There are at present also five women archdeacons who carry delegated responsibility from bishops.
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