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Word: Archdeacon
Speech Type: Noun
Old English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + diakonos (see deacon)
ɑːtʃˈdiːk(ə)n
a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities
Short Definition:senior Christian cleric to whom bishop delegates certain responsibilities
Examples:- he rose through the ranks of the Anglican Church to become an archdeacon
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