subdiaconus (0 synonym found)

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Definition of subdiaconus:

(n) : (Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
(n) : (Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon.
(n) : (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
(n) : (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

Definition of subdiaconus:

(n) : (Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
(n) : (Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon.
(n) : (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
(n) : (Catholicism, chiefly historical) A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.

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