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archidiaconal

UK/ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/

archidiaconal adjective: pertaining to an archdeacon.

Adjective

archidiaconal (not comparable)

  1. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon.
    • […] they giue good allowance of Episcopal dignitie & their iurisdiction but they vtterly disallow and would gladly infringe Archidiaconall power and weaken that first.1604, William Tooker, chapter 6, in Of the Fabrique of the Church and Church-Mens Livings, London: John Norton, page 120
    • […] by compromise it was settled, that the prior should enjoy archidiaconal jurisdiction in the churches of Jarrow and Weremouth, and Goldesburgh throughout the rest for life.1787, William Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, Volume 2, pp. 88-89

Examples of archidiaconal in a sentence

  • With Father Jolliffe cringing under the archidiaconal disapproval it ought to have been a chilling moment and, by Treacher at least, savoured and briefly enjoyed […]2001, Alan Bennett, “The Laying on of Hands” in Four Stories, London: Profile Books:
  • Hicks wrote in the diary in July 1913 about the arrangements for the two forthcoming archidiaconal installations.2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:

Origin of archidiaconal

From Latin archidiāconus + -al.

Questions about archidiaconal

What does archidiaconal mean?
Archidiaconal means pertaining to an archdeacon.
How do you use archidiaconal in a sentence?
With Father Jolliffe cringing under the archidiaconal disapproval it ought to have been a chilling moment and, by Treacher at least, savoured and briefly enjoyed […]
What part of speech is archidiaconal?
Archidiaconal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce archidiaconal?
Archidiaconal is pronounced /ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/ (UK).

Words near archidiaconal in the dictionary

  1. archicortex
  2. archicortical
  3. archicortices
  4. Archidamian
  5. archidiabolical
  6. archidiaconal
  7. archidiaconate
  8. archidiaconates
  9. archididascalian
  10. archididascalos
  11. archie

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