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Subdeacon - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Subdeacon : (noun)
1: a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in
the unreformed western Christian Church and the eastern
Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman
Catholic Church
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Subdeacon : \Sub*dea"con\, n. [Pref. sub- _ deacon: cf. L.
subdiaconus.] (Eccl.)
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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