sub·dea·con (s b-d  k n)n. 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 | 1. | 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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