arch·dea·con (ärch-d  k n)n. A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop. [Middle English archedeken, from Old English arcediakon, from Late Latin archidi  conus, from Late Greek arkhidikonos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek dikonos, deacon.]arch·dea con·ate (-k-n t) n.arch·dea con·ship n. |
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