A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English archedeken, from Old English arcediakon, from Late Latin archidiconus, from Late Greek arkhidikonos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek dikonos, deacon.
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conus, from Late Greek arkhidi
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