noun
: an ecclesiastic ranking immediately under an archdeacon and appointed as a diocesan official to supervise the affairs of a group of parishes constituting a division of an archdeaconry
noun
: an ecclesiastic ranking immediately under an archdeacon and appointed as a diocesan official to supervise the affairs of a group of parishes constituting a division of an archdeaconry
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012