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Definition of Archdeacon
1. Noun. (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop.
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend
Derivative terms: Archidiaconal
Definition of Archdeacon
1. n. In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Definition of Archdeacon
1. Noun. In the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox systems, 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archdeacon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archdeacon
Literary usage of Archdeacon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Probably this was a duty of the archdeacon in the East as well as in the West;
at least it U difficult to account for the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"In 1S40 he was appointed archdeacon of Lewes in (be diocese of Chichester, and
chaplain ... archdeacon Hare combined thorough scholarship, original thought, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"the archdeacon by his visitations relieving the bishop of the minutiae of ...
The archdeacon had thus become; on the one hand, the oculus episcopi, ..."
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