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n. - Office or position of an ecclesiastical dignitary next in rank below a bishop

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  • The union of such archipresbyterates formed an archidiaconate, whose deans were subject to the archdeacon.
  • He was, however, subject to the archdeacon; several such large rural communities, or parishes, constituted an archidiaconate.
  • (Kirkevaag) was made the seat of a diocese (diœcesis Orcadensis), in connexion with which a cathedra! chapter was later established, and the Shetland Islands were assigned it...
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