(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:32:04

Sub*dea"con (?), n. [Pref. sub- + deacon: cf. L. subdiaconus.] Eccl.

One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.

 

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