subdeacon noun. [sʌb'di:k(ǝ)n] ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French sudekne, so-, or ecclesiastical Latin subdiaconus, formed as SUB- + DEACON noun.]
In some Christian Churches, a minister of an order next below that of deacon; a cleric or lay clerk acting as assistant to a deacon at the Eucharist.

■ subdeaconate noun = SUBDIACONATE L19.

■ subdeaconship noun = SUBDIACONATE E17.

■ subdeaconry noun = SUBDIACONATE M16.

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