Archdeacon
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In ecclesiastical law. A ministerial officer subordinate to the bishop. In the primitive church, the archdeacons were employed by the bishop in the more servile duties of collecting and distributing alms and offerings. Afterwards they became, in effect, "eyes to the overseers of the church." Cowell. His jurisdiction is ecclesiastical, and immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, throughout the whole or a part of the diocese. He is a ministerial officer. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 383..
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A ministerial officer subordinate to the bishop. In the primitive church, the archdeacons were employed by the bishop in the more servile duties of collecting and distributing alms and offerings. Afterwards they became, in effect, "eyes to the overseers of the Church;" Cowell. His jurisdiction is ecclesiastical, and immediately subordinate to that of the bishop throughout the whole or a part of the diocese. He is a ministerial officer; 1 Bla. Com. 383. He is addressed as Venerable.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical officer having jurisdiction immediately subordinate to the bishop, through the whole or in some particular part of the diocesa
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The ecclesiastical officer next the ed by him and having a court of concurrent diocese or a part of it. v. Court, 81.