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  • noun Plural form of archdeacon.

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Examples

  • People who are mistaken for him enter heartily into the fun of the thing, especially town councillors, archdeacons and retired colonels.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • She is one of a growing number of women – archdeacons, deans and canons – with both the qualifications and the experience to take up the position.

    Should women ever be bishops? 2010

  • But they are masters of rationality, in contradistinction to the archdeacons of sophistry that are todays "philosophers" in the European, largely Gallic mould.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • In several dioceses the bishops, chapters, and archdeacons, after the example of the popes, imposed annats upon the curés.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • No rectors, no vicars, no archdeacons, no bishops, no archbishops, in the chapel, but, O Lord! many such in the church.

    George Silvermans's Explanation 2007

  • It was the majority of the American people who kept "Monicagate" in sensible perspective while archdeacons of capital wisdom such as David Broder worked themselves up to a fine moral lather, and it was the majority of the American people who faced reality and turned against the war in Iraq while the archdeacons frittered and fence-straddled.

    An Unforgettable Face Wolcott, James 2007

  • No rectors, no vicars, no archdeacons, no bishops, no archbishops, in the chapel, but, O Lord! many such in the church.

    George Silvermans's Explanation 2007

  • It was the majority of the American people who kept "Monicagate" in sensible perspective while archdeacons of capital wisdom such as David Broder worked themselves up to a fine moral lather, and it was the majority of the American people who faced reality and turned against the war in Iraq while the archdeacons frittered and fence-straddled.

    An Unforgettable Face Wolcott, James 2007

  • Approximately 750 people packed the church — many more than expected, as we had printed only 500 service booklets! — and distinguished members of the congregation included the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Oxford, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and his wife, one of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors of the University and several bishops and archdeacons.

    The Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer - Sermon at Service to Commemorate the 450th Anniversary. 2006

  • The Prince rode behind, supported by his Staff, who were almost all of them bishops, archdeacons, or abbes; and the body of ecclesiastics followed, singing to the sound, or rather howl, of serpents and trombones, the Latin canticles of the

    Burlesques 2006

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