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archidiaconal

[ ahr-ki-dahy-ak-uh-nl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to an archdeacon or to the office of an archdeacon.


archidiaconal

/ ˌɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of archidiaconal1

1645–55; < Late Latin archidiācon ( us ) archdeacon + -al 1
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Example Sentences

As I had read a little while before the new archidiaconal theory of obedience, that of course prevented my going out.

But we all know how indefinite, how inconclusive, how meagre in practical results archidiaconal conferences are apt to be!

It merely takes us round in a circle, telling us that poetry is poetical, that the archdeacon performs archidiaconal functions.

Hilda turned upon her a face which appeared still to glow with the stimulus of the archidiaconal function.

Such a proposition as “an archdeacon is one who performs archidiaconal functions” is not a definition.

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