Meanings
plural archdeacons
- Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Anglicanism; Eastern OrthodoxyA 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.
Origin
- Old Frencharc(h)ediacne
- Late Latinarchidiāconus
- Old Englishærcedæcne
- Middle Englisharcedekne
- Englisharchdeacon
From Middle English arcedekne, archdecon, archdekne, archdekyn, archedeken, archedekyn, archedyacun, archideken, archidiacon, ardekne, ercedekene, ercedekne, erchdekene, erchedekene, erchedekne, erresdeken, ersedekne, ersedekyn, from Old English ærcedæcne, ærcediæcne, earcedæcne (from Late Latin archidiāconus) and Old French arc(h)ediacne.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ardiaca, arxidiaca
- ardiacaadministrative official in a diocese
- arxidiacaadministrative official in a diocese
Esperanto arkidiakono, ĉefdiakono
- arkidiakonoadministrative official in a diocese
- ĉefdiakonoadministrative official in a diocese
Finnish arkkidiakoni
- arkkidiakoniadministrative official in a diocese
French archidiacre
- archidiacreadministrative official in a diocese
German Archidiakon
- Archidiakonadministrative official in a diocese
Irish ard-deagánach
- ard-deagánachadministrative official in a diocese
Italian arcidiacono
- arcidiaconoadministrative official in a diocese
Māori ātirīkona
- ātirīkonaadministrative official in a diocese
Polish archidiakon
- archidiakonadministrative official in a diocese
Portuguese arquidiácono, arcediago
- arquidiáconoadministrative official in a diocese
- arcediagoadministrative official in a diocese
Romanian arhidiacon
- arhidiaconadministrative official in a diocese
Russian архидья́кон
- архидья́кон (arxidʹjákon)administrative official in a diocese
Spanish arcediano, archidiácono
- arcedianoadministrative official in a diocese
- archidiáconoadministrative official in a diocese
Cite this entry
archdeacon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdeacon
“archdeacon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdeacon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archdeacon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdeacon.
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