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/ˈärCHˈdēkən/,
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archdeacons, plural;
  1. A senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities

  1. (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
  2. An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. ...
  3. A senior deacon, usually serving with a bishop of higher rank (Archbishop or Patriarch).
  4. a cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese
  5. Office held by a senior clergyman with an administrative responsibility over an archdeaconry. His duties include care for church property.
  6. A high Catholic Church official, serving more-or-less as executive secretary to a bishop.
  7. a priest who is on a bishop's staff and who exercises some administrative supervision over parishes, missions, priests, or programs for the bishop; archdeacons are referred to as "The Venerable" [The Ven.]: The Venerable John Smythe. Salutation in letter: "Dear Archdeacon Smythe" or "Dear Mr. ...
  8. In the early days of the Church  the deacon selected by the bishop to assist him in his work, now obsolete. The vicar general or chancellor today corresponds to this early office.
  9. a member of the clergy who is appointed to assist the bishop in certain administrative and pastoral duties in a diocese. ...
  10. archbishop, beneficiary, bishop, canon, capitular, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, dean, dignitaries of the church, diocesan, ebdomarius, ecclesiarch, elder, eminence, field preacher, hierarch, incumbent, Jesuit, lecturer, metropolitan, missionary, parson, perpetual curate, preacher, ...