archidiaconal
English
Etymology
From Latin archidiāconus + -al.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/
Adjective
archidiaconal (not comparable)
- (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon.
- 1604, William Tooker, Of the Fabrique of the Church and Church-Mens Livings, London: John Norton, Chapter 6, p. 120,
- […] they giue good allowance of Episcopal dignitie & their iurisdiction but they vtterly disallow and would gladly infringe Archidiaconall power and weaken that first.
- 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.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: Harcourt, Brace, Chapter 3:
- […] 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.
- 2001, Alan Bennett, “The Laying on of Hands” in Four Stories, London: Profile Books:
- 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 […]
- 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:
- Hicks wrote in the diary in July 1913 about the arrangements for the two forthcoming archidiaconal installations.
- 1604, William Tooker, Of the Fabrique of the Church and Church-Mens Livings, London: John Norton, Chapter 6, p. 120,
Translations
pertaining to an archdeacon
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