subdeacon

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun subdeacon has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

subdeaconn. [Pref. sub- + deacon: cf. L. subdiaconus.].
     One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subdeacon, n. Eccl. a minister of the order next below a deacon.

Derivative
subdiaconate n.

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