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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy
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(Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
From Middle English arcedekne, archdecon, archdekne, archdekyn, archedeken, archedekyn, archedyacun, archideken, archidiacon, ardekne, ercedekene, ercedekne, erchdekene, erchedekene, erchedekne, erresdeken, ersedekne, ersedekyn, from Old English ærcedæcne, ærcediæcne, earcedæcne (from Late Latin archidiāconus) and Old French arc(h)ediacne.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
ardiaca
— administrative official in a diocese
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Catalan:
arxidiaca
— administrative official in a diocese
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Esperanto:
arkidiakono
— administrative official in a diocese
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Esperanto:
ĉefdiakono
— administrative official in a diocese
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Finnish:
arkkidiakoni
— administrative official in a diocese
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French:
archidiacre
— administrative official in a diocese
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German:
Archidiakon
— administrative official in a diocese
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Ido:
arkidiakono
— administrative official in a diocese
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Irish:
ard-deagánach
— administrative official in a diocese
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Italian:
arcidiacono
— administrative official in a diocese
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Macedonian:
архиѓа́кон
(arhiǵákon)
— administrative official in a diocese
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Māori:
ātirīkona
— administrative official in a diocese
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Polish:
archidiakon
— administrative official in a diocese
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Portuguese:
arquidiácono
— administrative official in a diocese
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Portuguese:
arcediago
— administrative official in a diocese
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Romanian:
arhidiacon
— administrative official in a diocese
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Russian:
архидья́кон
(arxidʹjákon)
— administrative official in a diocese
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Spanish:
arcediano
— administrative official in a diocese
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Spanish:
archidiácono
— administrative official in a diocese