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Meaning of subdeacon

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

subdeacon

noun

Definitions

  1. (chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.

  2. (chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

  3. The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subdeacon

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