Definition of subdeacon Subdeacon

sub•dea•con

We found 5 definitions of subdeacon from 4 different sources.

What does subdeacon mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: subdeacons

subdeacon - 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

clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

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Wiktionary

subdeacon (Noun)
A Catholic clerical rank below that of a deacon, obsolete in the Roman Catholic Church .
subdeacon (Noun)
A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

subdeacon (n.)
One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

subdeacon
sub-dē′kn, n. a member of the order of the ministry next below that of deacon, preparing the vessels, &c., at the eucharist.—ns. Subdea′conry, Subdea′conship, Subdiac′onate