diaconal
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He took diaconal orders in 1791, but almost immediately became professor of classics at Breslau.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Arthur Masterman had long ago come to regard those diaconal high teas with a kind of sombre merriment.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
He had quite a patriarchal air, a manner that might be termed diaconal, and a suave and insinuating voice.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
In the sixth century it is enumerated among diaconal churches.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
Sixtus II., drawn with the lineaments of Nicholas V., consecrates to the diaconal office St. Laurence, who reverently kneeling extends both hands to receive the sacramental cup.
From Fra Angelico by Scott, Leader
