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Subdeacon Definition & Meaning

subdeacon
noun
  1. 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

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What does subdeacon mean?
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
What part of speech is subdeacon?
Subdeacon is a noun.

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