English-Thai Dictionary

archdeacon

N รอง บาทหลวง  rong-bad-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARCHDEACON

n.[See Deacon. ] In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, who has jurisdiction either over a part or over the whole diocese. He is usually appointed by the bishop, and has an authority originally derived from the bishop, but now independent of him. He has a court, the most inferior of ecclesiastical courts, for hearing ecclesiastical causes, and the punishment of offenders by spiritual censures.

 

ARCHDEACONRY

n.The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every diocese is divided into archdeaconries, of which there are sixty, and each archdeaconry into rural deaneries, and each deanery into parishes.

 

ARCHDEACONSHIP

n.The office of an archdeacon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARCHDEACON

Arch `dea "con, n. Etym: [AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L.archidiaconus, fr. Gr. Arch-, pref. , and Deacon. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

ARCHDEACONRY

ARCHDEACONRY Arch `dea "con *ry, n.

 

Defn: The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

 

ARCHDEACONSHIP

ARCHDEACONSHIP Arch `dea "con *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of an archdeacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

archdeacon

arch dea con |ˈärCHˈdēkən ˈˌɑrtʃˈdikən | ▶noun a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican church a priest ) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities. ORIGIN Old English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- ‘chief ’ + diakonos (see deacon ).

 

archdeaconry

arch dea con ry |ˌärCHˈdēkənrē ˈˌɑrtʃˈdikənri | ▶noun ( pl. archdeaconries ) the office of an archdeacon. • the district for which an archdeacon is responsible. • the residence of an archdeacon.

 

Oxford Dictionary

archdeacon

arch |deacon |ɑːtʃˈdiːk (ə )n especially in titles ˈɑːtʃ -| ▶noun a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest ) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities. ORIGIN Old English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- ‘chief ’ + diakonos (see deacon ).

 

archdeaconry

arch |deacon ¦ry |ɑːtʃˈdiːk (ə )nri | ▶noun ( pl. archdeaconries ) the district for which an archdeacon is responsible. • the residence of an archdeacon. • the office of an archdeacon.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

archdeacon

à rch d é acon 名詞 C (カトリックの )助祭長, (ギリシャ正教の )長輔 （ほ ）祭, (プロテスタントの )大執事, 副監督 〘bishopの次位 〙.

 

archdeaconry

à rch d é acon ry 名詞 複 -ries C U archdeaconの職 [管区, 官邸 ].