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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Archdeacon

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
An ecclesiastical officer subordinate to a bishop.
Archdeacon

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
A dignitary of the Anglican church who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, either throughout the whoie of his diocese or in some particular part of it.