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/ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/ · adjective
(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon..
1787, William Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, Volume 2, pp. 88-89, […] by compromise it was settled, that the prior should enjoy archidiaconal jurisdiction in the churches of Jarrow and Weremouth, and Goldesburgh throughout the rest for life.
[…] they giue good allowance of Episcopal dignitie & their iurisdiction but they vtterly disallow and would gladly infringe Archidiaconall power and weaken that first.
[…] his Phi Beta Kappa key shone against a spotty black vest; he smelled of old pipes; he was altogether funereal and archidiaconal; and to real-estate brokerage and the jobbing of bathroom-fixtures he added an aroma of sanctity.
With Father Jolliffe cringing under the archidiaconal disapproval it ought to have been a chilling moment and, by Treacher at least, savoured and briefly enjoyed […]
Hicks wrote in the diary in July 1913 about the arrangements for the two forthcoming archidiaconal installations.
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Archidiaconal means (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon..
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1787, William Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, Volume 2, pp. 88-89, […] by compromise it was settled, that the prior should enjoy archidiaconal jurisdiction in the churches of Jarrow and Weremouth, and Goldesburgh throughout the rest for life.
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