subdeacon

See also: sub-deacon

English

Etymology

Originated 1275–1325 from Middle English subdecon and -dekene, from Late Latin subdiāconus. See sub- +deacon.

Noun

subdeacon (plural subdeacons)

A Catholic clerical rank below that of a deacon, obsolete in the Roman Catholic Church.
A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

Translations

cleric below a deacon

Finnish: alidiakoni
French: sous-diacre (fr) m
German: Subdiakon (de) m

Irish: fodheagánach m
Manx: fo-yaghin m
Vietnamese: phụ phó tế, trợ phó tế, thầy năm

cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass

Finnish: alidiakoni

Manx: fo-yaghin m

References

subdeacon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“subdeacon” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“subdeacon” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"subdeacon" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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