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Archdean

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archdeaconnoun(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.
archdeaconshipnounThe rank or office of an archdeacon.
archdeaconrynounThe residence, or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
archd.nounAbbreviation of archdeacon. [(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.]
archdnounAbbreviation of archdeacon. [(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.]
archdeanerynounThe headquarters, or jurisdiction of an archdean.
deannounA senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
decanatenoun(Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
subdeaconnoun(Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
deanerynounThe position held by a dean.
deaconnoun(Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
exarchnounIn the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
subdeannounAn under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
apocrisariusnoun(ecclesiastical) A high-ranking ecclesiastical deputy or other official
protodeaconnounA highly ranked non-monastic deacon who has special privileges.
sub-deaconnounAlternative spelling of subdeacon. [(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.]
subdeanerynounThe office, jurisdiction, or rank of a subdean.
diaconatenounThe rank of a deacon.
rural deannoun(Christianity) A dean who, under the bishop, has the special care and inspection of the clergy in certain parishes.
underdeaconnounA subordinate deacon.

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