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subdeacon
sub·dea·con S0837400 (sŭb-dē′kən)n.1. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a cleric ranking just below a deacon.2. In the traditional rite of the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric who acts as assistant to the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.subdeacon (ˌsʌbˈdiːkən) n1. (Roman Catholic Church) a cleric who assists at High Mass2. (Roman Catholic Church) (formerly) a person ordained to the lowest of the major orders subdeaconate nsub•dea•con (sʌbˈdi kən, ˈsʌbˌdi-)
n. a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon. [1275–1325; Middle English subdecon, -dekene < Late Latin subdiāconus. See sub-, deacon] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | subdeacon - a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Churchclergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian ChurchHoly Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" |
subdeacon
Words related to subdeaconnoun a clergyman an order below deaconRelated Words- clergyman
- man of the cloth
- reverend
- Holy Order
- Order
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