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archd.

archd. is the abbreviation of archdeacon.

Meaning of archdeacon

Noun

archdeacon (plural archdeacons)

  1. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

Questions about archd.

What is archd. the abbreviation of?
Archd. is the abbreviation of archdeacon.

Words near archd. in the dictionary

  1. archconspirator
  2. archconspirators
  3. archcriminal
  4. archcriminals
  5. archd
  6. archd.
  7. Archdale
  8. Archdale Junction
  9. archdeacon
  10. archdeaconate
  11. archdeaconates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archd. (page history and authors); archdeacon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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