subdeacon

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noun

Plural noun:

subdeacons

1.
(historical)(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
2.
(historical)(Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
3.
(Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
4.
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon.
Đồng nghĩa: hypodeacon

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Originated 1275–1325 from Middle English subdecon and -dekene, from subdiāconus. Equivalent to sub- + deacon.