Arch′dea″con (�), n. [AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L. archidiaconus, fr. Gr. �. See Arch-, pref., andDeacon.] In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.