"subdeacon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: subdeacons [plural]
Etymology: Originated 1275–1325 from Middle English subdecon and -dekene, from Late Latin subdiāconus. See sub- + deacon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|subdecon}} Middle English subdecon, {{m|enm|-dekene}} -dekene, {{der|en|LL.|subdiaconus|subdiāconus}} Late Latin subdiāconus Head templates: {{en-noun}} subdeacon (plural subdeacons)
  1. (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Catholicism
    Sense id: en-subdeacon-en-noun-xvHG5c12 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
  2. (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Catholicism Translations (cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass): alidiakoni (Finnish), fo-yaghin [masculine] (Manx), subdiakon [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-subdeacon-en-noun-ohy9T-sR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 41 6 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 47 5 17 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity Disambiguation of 'cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass': 11 76 7 6
  3. (Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass. Categories (topical): Anglicanism
    Sense id: en-subdeacon-en-noun-HzXXNjnK
  4. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon. Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy Synonyms: hypodeacon
    Sense id: en-subdeacon-en-noun-UTWIdqvH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (cleric below a deacon): alidiakoni (Finnish), sous-diacre [masculine] (French), Subdiakon [masculine] (German), fodheagánach [masculine] (Irish), suddiacono [masculine] (Italian), ипоѓа́кон (ipoǵákon) [masculine] (Macedonian), fo-yaghin [masculine] (Manx), subdiacon [masculine] (Old English), subdiakon [masculine] (Polish), subdiácono [masculine] (Portuguese), subdiacon [masculine] (Romanian), иподья́кон (ipodʹjákon) [masculine] (Russian), иподиа́кон (ipodiákon) [masculine] (Russian), subdiácono [masculine] (Spanish), phụ phó tế (Vietnamese), trợ phó tế (Vietnamese), thầy năm (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'cleric below a deacon': 31 29 13 27

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