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Transitional deacon

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subdeaconnoun(Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
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.
sub-deaconnounAlternative spelling of subdeacon. [(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.]
protodeaconnounA highly ranked non-monastic deacon who has special privileges.
deaconatenounSynonym of diaconate.
underdeaconnounA subordinate deacon.
deaconshipnounThe position or role of a deacon.
subdeaconshipnounthe office of a subdeacon
subdeaconatenounSynonym of subdiaconate.
deaconrynoundeaconship
subdiaconatenounThe office or rank of a subdeacon.
deaconhoodnounThe state or office of being a deacon; deaconship.
subdeaconrynounThe office of subdeacon; subdeaconship.
oblationarynounRelating to an oblation
diaconatenounThe rank of a deacon.
auxiliary bishopnounA bishop who functions as another bishop's deputy, where the weight of sacramental duties is too much for a single bishop.
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.
provisornounOne who provides; a purveyor.
churchwardennoun(UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
datarynoun(Roman Catholicism) an officer in the Roman Catholic Church who dispensed benefices

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