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Definition of: subdeacon
(sub·dē′kən) noun
A member of the order of the ministry next below that of deacon, who assists at the Eucharist. [<AF soudiakene, subdiacne <Med. L subdiaconus (<sub- under + diaconus deacon), trans, of LGk. hypodiakonos]
—sub·dea′con·ate (-it) noun
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