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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The district over which an archdeacon has jurisdiction; an archdeaconry.
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Consequently, the royal Audiencia declared that the archbishop had not proved his exceptions to the master Don Andres Xiron, who must be admitted into the archdeaconate, according to the royal patronage.
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