sub-deacons

The Roman Pontifical prescribes, that besides the bishop and the usual ministers, there should be present twelve priests, seven deacons, and seven sub-deacons, all habited in white vestments.

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Emulating the sub-deacons of the cathedrals, students and urban citi - zens took the opportunity to lord it over their betters and mock authority, both temporal and religious, with assumed amnesty.

WISDOM OF THE FOOL WALTER KAISER 1968

Besides the seven Canons and the six Vicars in Ripon, there were three deacons, three sub-deacons, six thuriblers, and six choristers, and the full officiating staff thus amounted to thirty-one, exclusive of the chantry priests, of whom, however, there were as yet but few.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

Besides bishops and priests, the other ministers of the Church are deacons and sub-deacons, who, while preparing for the priesthood, have received some of the Holy Orders, but who have not been ordained to the full powers of the priest.

Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous

The chancel is part of the choir near the altar of a church, where the deacons or sub-deacons stand to assist the officiating priest.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

St. Cyprian distinguishes the different orders, mentioning bishops, priests, deacons, sub-deacons, acolytes, exorcists, and lectors, and in describing the election of St. Cornelius at Rome declares that Cornelius was promoted from one order to another until finally he was elected by the votes of all to the supreme pontificate.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

There existed at that time in Rome forty-six priests, seven deacons, seven sub-deacons, forty-two acolytes, and fifty-two exorcists, lectors, and doorkeepers.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

It seems that most of the bishops present were disposed to follow the precedent of the Council of Elvira (can. xxxiii) prohibiting conjugal relations to those bishops, priests, deacons, and, according to Sozomen, sub-deacons, who were married before ordination.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Originally these men were honored as persons endowed with special grace, but afterwards they constituted a class by themselves, in the lower hierarchy, like lectors and sub-deacons.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Let them govern the churches under their sway and be content with this charge and care, appointing lectors and sub-deacons and exorcists; let them be satisfied with expediting such business, but never dare to ordain priest or deacon without the bishop of the town to whom the rural bishop and the district itself belong.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908