| 单词 | archdeacon | 
| 释义 | archdeaconn.  The chief deacon; originally the chief of the attendants on a bishop, who, through the scope of his duties in relation to the services of the church and the administration of charity, gradually acquired a rank above the priests and next in importance to the bishop. In the Anglican Church the archdeacon is appointed by, and gives assistance to, the bishop, superintending the rural deans, and holding the lowest ecclesiastical court, with the power of spiritual censure. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archdeacon > 			[noun]		 archdeaconc1000 archdeana1530 archdiacre1598 c1000    Ælfric Gloss. 		(Z.)	 299  				Archidiaconus, ercediacon [v.r. arce-]. 1297    R. Gloucester's Chron. 468  				Ercedekne of Kanterbury Sein Tomas tho was. c1386    G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 2  				An erchedeken, a man of gret degré. c1449    R. Pecock Repressor 		(1860)	 102  				Noo bischop or archideken. 1577    W. Harrison Descr. Eng.  i. ii. i. 17  				Which archdeacons are termed in law the bishops eies. 1704    R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts  ii. iii. 378  				Where the Bishop had many Deacons, one among them had the Title of Arch-Deacon. 1881    E. Hatch Bampton Lect. ii. 53  				[The] archdeacon..was conceived to be, in an especial sense, the bishop's assistant in ecclesiastical administration. Derivatives  archˈdeaconate  n.				 [ <  Latin archidiāconātus: see -ate suffix1]			 the position of archdeacon; archidiaconate. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archdeacon > 			[noun]		 > office of archdeacon archdeaconship1591 archdeanery1828 archdeaconry1872 archdeaconate1882 1882    P. Schaff  et al.  Relig. Encycl. I. 128  				The archdeaconates were generally held by the provost of the cathedral and the canons.   archˈdeaconess  n.				 [see -ess suffix1]			 the wife of an archdeacon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archdeacon > 			[noun]		 > wife of archdeacon archdeaconess1861 1861    Wheat & Tares 50  				‘Excellent,’ cried the Archdeaconess.   archˈdeaconship  n.				 [see -ship suffix]			 the office of archdeacon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archdeacon > 			[noun]		 > office of archdeacon archdeaconship1591 archdeanery1828 archdeaconry1872 archdeaconate1882 1591    R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Arcedianadgo  				An archedeaconship, Archidiaconatus. 1755    S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.  				Archdeaconship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < | 
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