archdeacon
/ɑːtʃˈdiːk(ə)n
/ /ˈɑːtʃdiːk(ə)n/noun
A senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities.There are at present also five women archdeacons who carry delegated responsibility from bishops....
- In 1072, with the aim of promoting ecclesiastical discipline, he ordered bishops to appoint first archdeacons - again following Norman practice - and then rural deans.
- In 418, competing camps elected their own popes, Eulalius, an archdeacon, and Boniface I, a priest.
Origin
Old English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- 'chief' + diakonos (see deacon).
Rhymes
- take-home
- take-home pay
- take ill (sick)
- take-in
- take in sail
- take into consideration
- take issue with
- take it easy
- take it from me
- take it into one's head to do something
- take it on one (or oneself) to do something
- take it on the chin
- take it or leave it
- take it out of
- take its toll (or take a heavy toll)
- take leave of one's senses
- take leave to do something
- take liberties
- Takelma
- take measures
- take no notice
- take no prisoners
- take note
- take notice
- take occasion