archdeacon

English Thesaurus

1. (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop (noun.person)

hypernym	:	clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend,
definition	:	a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church (noun.person)

domain category	:	anglican church, anglican communion, church of england,
definition	:	the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head (noun.group)

derivation	:	archidiaconal,
definition	:	of or relating to an archdeacon or his office (adj.pert)

derivation	:	archidiaconal,
definition	:	of or relating to an archdeacon or his office (adj.pert)