Sub-deacon

sub·dea·con (s

b-d

1. A cleric ranking just below a deacon.

2. A cleric who acts as assistant to the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

subdeacon [ˌsʌbˈdiːkən]

n Chiefly RC Church

1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a cleric who assists at High Mass

2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (formerly) a person ordained to the lowest of the major orders

subdeaconate [sʌbˈdiːkənɪt] n

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Noun

subdeacon - 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

clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"

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clergyman Cross-bearer High Mass holy order humeral veil man of the cloth order reverend Subdeaconry subdiaconate tunicle	Paulus Faraj Rahho was seized when leaving a Lenten service at Mosul's Church of the Holy Spirit, the scene of last year's shooting of a priest and three sub-deacons. Kidnapped prelate murdered by Catholic Insight At 18, he was the youngest junior trustee, and later, a sub-deacon of the Armenian Church of Our Saviour. Ara Eresian, Sr., 87 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The remaining 5 roles, however, can be classified as social welfare-related: deacon/deaconess, sub-deacon, exorcist, gravedigger (fossor or copiata), and attendant to the sick (parabalanus). Social welfare before the Elizabethan Poor Laws: the early Christian ... by Faherty, Vincent E. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare	Suant Suárez Suasible suasion suasive Suasory suave suavely suaveness Suavify Suaviloquent Suaviloquy suavity sub sub judice sub post-office sub rosa sub- sub-assembly Sub-base sub-basement Sub-bass sub-branch sub-clause sub-collection center Sub-deacon sub-edit sub-editor sub-entry sub-frame sub-interval sub-librarian sub-lieutenant sub-machine-gun sub-menu sub-post office sub-rosa sub-Saharan Sub-Saharan Africa sub-surface sub-teenage sub-test sub-zero sub. sub... subabdominal subacetate subacid Subacrid Subacromial Subact	Sub-Commission for Tephrochronology and Volcanism Sub-Committee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards Sub-Committee on Animal Welfare Sub-Committee on Endemic Livestock Disease Status Sub-Committee on Microelectronics and Information Technology Sub-Committee on Veterinary Public Health Sub-compact Sub-compact Sub-compact car Sub-compact car Sub-compact cars Sub-compact cars Sub-compacts Sub-compacts Sub-conscious Sub-conscious Sub-conscious Sub-Consultant Sub-continent Sub-continent Sub-Contract Line Item Number Sub-Control Office Sub-County Technical Planning Committee Sub-Critical Heat-Affected Zone Sub-culture Sub-culture Sub-culture Alternatives Freedom Foundation Sub-cultures Sub-cultures Sub-Custodian Sub-deacon Sub-deacons Sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals Sub-Department of Animal Health Sub-Designation Sub-district Sub-District Administrative Organisation Sub-District Health Team Sub-division Sub-division Sub-division Sub-division Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Sub-Divisional Medical Officer Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sub-domain sub-edit Sub-editing Sub-editor Sub-Entire Domain sub-entry Sub-fossil Sub-frame Sub-frame Sub-Frame Connector Sub-freezing Sub-freezing Sub-freezing Sub-genre Sub-genre Sub-genre

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clergyman
Cross-bearer
High Mass
holy order
humeral veil
man of the cloth
order
reverend
Subdeaconry
subdiaconate
tunicle

Paulus Faraj Rahho was seized when leaving a Lenten service at Mosul's Church of the Holy Spirit, the scene of last year's shooting of a priest and three sub-deacons.

Kidnapped prelate murdered by Catholic Insight

At 18, he was the youngest junior trustee, and later, a sub-deacon of the Armenian Church of Our Saviour.

Ara Eresian, Sr., 87 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

The remaining 5 roles, however, can be classified as social welfare-related: deacon/deaconess, sub-deacon, exorcist, gravedigger (fossor or copiata), and attendant to the sick (parabalanus).

Social welfare before the Elizabethan Poor Laws: the early Christian ... by Faherty, Vincent E. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Sub-Commission for Tephrochronology and Volcanism
Sub-Committee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards
Sub-Committee on Animal Welfare
Sub-Committee on Endemic Livestock Disease Status
Sub-Committee on Microelectronics and Information Technology
Sub-Committee on Veterinary Public Health
Sub-compact
Sub-compact
Sub-compact car
Sub-compact car
Sub-compact cars
Sub-compact cars
Sub-compacts
Sub-compacts
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Sub-conscious
Sub-conscious
Sub-Consultant
Sub-continent
Sub-continent
Sub-Contract Line Item Number
Sub-Control Office
Sub-County Technical Planning Committee
Sub-Critical Heat-Affected Zone
Sub-culture
Sub-culture
Sub-culture Alternatives Freedom Foundation
Sub-cultures
Sub-cultures
Sub-Custodian

Sub-deacon

Sub-deacons
Sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Sub-Department of Animal Health
Sub-Designation
Sub-district
Sub-District Administrative Organisation
Sub-District Health Team
Sub-division
Sub-division
Sub-division
Sub-division
Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate
Sub-Divisional Medical Officer
Sub-Divisional Police Officer
Sub-domain
sub-edit
Sub-editing
Sub-editor
Sub-Entire Domain
sub-entry
Sub-fossil
Sub-frame
Sub-frame
Sub-Frame Connector
Sub-freezing
Sub-freezing
Sub-freezing
Sub-genre
Sub-genre
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