archdeaconship


arch·dea·con

A0405200 (ärch-dē′kən)n. A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop.
[Middle English archedeken, from Old English arcediakon, from Late Latin archidiāconus, from Late Greek arkhidiākonos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek diākonos, deacon.]
arch·dea′con·ate (-kə-nĭt) n.arch·dea′con·ship′ n.