Associations to the word «Subdeacon»
Noun
- Deacon
- Ordination
- Epistle
- Eucharist
- Liturgy
- Cleric
- Cantor
- Clergy
- Dmitri
- Priest
- Altar
- Cantata
- Canon
- Vest
- Bishop
- Server
- Pope
- Mass
- Choir
- Procession
- Reader
- Towel
- Communion
- Episcopal
- Bearer
- Rite
- Synod
- Orthodox
- Cardinal
- Archbishop
- Wear
- Feast
- Divine
- Gospel
- Gregory
- Veil
- Rome
- Leo
- Blessing
- Prayer
- Theology
- Hugh
- Sing
- Kiss
- Catholic
- Church
- Rank
- Basin
- Diocese
- Order
- Serving
- Ceremony
- Throne
- Stephen
- Tradition
- Entrance
- Minister
- Occasion
- Marriage
- Iv
- Function
- Saint
- Neck
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUBDEACON, noun. A Catholic clerical rank below that of a deacon, obsolete in the Roman Catholic Church.
SUBDEACON, noun. A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
Dictionary definition
SUBDEACON, noun. A clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.
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