subdeacon
noun
- 1
(chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
- 2
(chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
- 3
The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon
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