Subdeacon

[sʌb'di:kәn]

Definition

(noun.) a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.

Editor: Nell--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Editor: Mervin

Definition

n. a member of the order of the ministry next below that of deacon preparing the vessels &c. at the eucharist.—ns. Subdea′conry Subdea′conship Subdiac′onate.

Editor: Sidney