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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archdeacon \Arch`dea"con\, n. [AS. arcediacon archidiacon, L.
archidiaconus fr Gr ?. See {Arch-}, pref., and {Deacon}.]
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a
bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though
with independent authority. --Blackstone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
archdeacon
n : (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually
ranking just below a bishop
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