subdeacon

English

Etymology

Originated 1275–1325 from Middle English subdecon and -dekene, from Late Latin subdiāconus. See sub- +deacon.

Noun

subdeacon (plural subdeacons)

1. A Catholic clerical rank below that of a deacon, obsolete in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

Translations

cleric below a deacon

• Finnish: alidiakoni (fi)
• French: sous-diacre (fr) m

• German: Subdiakon (de) m
• Manx: fo-yaghin (gv) m

cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass

• Finnish: alidiakoni (fi)

• Manx: fo-yaghin (gv) m

References

• subdeacon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “subdeacon” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “subdeacon” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "subdeacon" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

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