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Definition of Archdeacons
1. archdeacon [n] - See also: archdeacon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archdeacons
Literary usage of Archdeacons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"The archdeacons in their visitation shall see that Account in writing] And it would
... Concerning archdeacons, we do ordain, that they visit the churches ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"Archbishops, 2 ; bishops, 26 ; deans, 30 ; archdeacons, 71 ; benefices, ...
The Lower House consists of 6 deans, ] 5 archdeacons, 7 proctors for the ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The power oí the archdeacons rested upon custom and prescription, not «pon Ihe
canon law; and though the bishops could not break, they could circumvent it. ..."
4. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham by Joseph Bingham (1855)
"Yet I shall not deny, but that in Gratian's time it might be as he represents
it ; for probably by this time the archdeacons were chosen out of the order of ..."
5. Publications by Manx Society, Brandeis Lawyers' Society (1871)
"... series of the archdeacons of Man: It is thought fit to insert them here anew.
archdeacons OF MAN. LAURENCE was from this dignity made bishop 1249. ..."
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