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sub-deacon
n. (alternative spelling of subdeacon English)
Usage examples of "sub-deacon".
He is a sub-deacon, and is endeavouring to gain permission to marry, lest his family should become extinct.
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.
His expression did not change as he leaned down to one of his sub-deacons and said, "Scallop, please have someone ran along and tell my wife to pack my overnight bag, will you?