💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Subdeacon"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sub-deaconnoun | Alternative spelling of subdeacon. [(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.] |
| 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. |
| underdeaconnoun | A subordinate deacon. |
| subdiaconatenoun | The office or rank of a subdeacon. |
| deaconshipnoun | The position or role of a deacon. |
| subdeaconshipnoun | the office of a subdeacon |
| subdeaconrynoun | The office of subdeacon; subdeaconship. |
| diaconatenoun | The rank of a deacon. |
| protodeaconnoun | A highly ranked non-monastic deacon who has special privileges. |
| subdeaconatenoun | Synonym of subdiaconate. |
| archdeaconshipnoun | The rank or office of an archdeacon. |
| 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. |
| archdeannoun | A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean. |
| deaconhoodnoun | The state or office of being a deacon; deaconship. |
| deaconatenoun | Synonym of diaconate. |
| deaconrynoun | deaconship |
| transitional deaconnoun | (Catholicism) A deacon intending to become a priest and therefore obliged to begin assuming additional responsibilities, such as the recitation of the breviary. |
| minor ordernoun | (Catholicism, historical) One of the orders of the Catholic Church lower than the major orders (diaconate and priesthood); i.e. the order of acolyte, exorcist, lector or porter. |
| archd.noun | Abbreviation 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.] |
| archdnoun | Abbreviation 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.] |
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