archdeacon

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By the age of 24, Laval was ordained a priest; he was quickly named an archdeacon and eventually a bishop.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2023

“In a situation like this, you feel you’re powerless,” said Abiade Lozama, an Anglican archdeacon based in the south of the country, which was hard hit by the quake.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2021

Mina Smallman, who retired in 2019, was the first woman from a minority ethnic background to hold the title of archdeacon in the Anglican church.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2020

By contrast, Dr. Grantly, the old archdeacon, has limited administrative power but considerable real power, because it is rooted in a set of wide, deeply entrenched clan-family ties.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015

"You had so good a chance," responded the archdeacon, nodding his head wisely, "that only one thing stood between you and it."

From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John