| 单词 | archdeacon |
| 释义 | archdeacon —archdeaconate, archdeaconship, n. /ahrch"dee"keuhn/, n. 1. an ecclesiastic, ranking next below a bishop and having charge of the temporal and external administration of a diocese, with jurisdiction delegated from the bishop. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a title of honor conferred only on a member of a cathedral chapter. [bef. 1000; ME archideken, OE arcediacon < LL archidiaconus < Gk archidiákonos. See ARCH-1, DEACON] |
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