archidiaconal

From Latin archidiāconus + -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/

archidiaconal (not comparable)

1. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) Pertaining to an archdeacon.
   • 1604, William Tooker, chapter 6, in Of the Fabrique of the Church and Church-Mens Livings‎, London: John Norton, page 120:

     […] they giue good allowance of Episcopal dignitie & their iurisdiction but they vtterly disallow and would gladly infringe Archidiaconall power and weaken that first.

   • 1787, William Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, Volume 2, pp. 88-89,

     […] by compromise it was settled, that the prior should enjoy archidiaconal jurisdiction in the churches of Jarrow and Weremouth, and Goldesburgh throughout the rest for life.

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt‎, New York: Harcourt, Brace, Chapter 3, page 26:

     […] his Phi Beta Kappa key shone against a spotty black vest; he smelled of old pipes; he was altogether funereal and archidiaconal; and to real-estate brokerage and the jobbing of bathroom-fixtures he added an aroma of sanctity.

   • 2001, Alan Bennett, “The Laying on of Hands” in Four Stories‎, London: Profile Books:

     With Father Jolliffe cringing under the archidiaconal disapproval it ought to have been a chilling moment and, by Treacher at least, savoured and briefly enjoyed […]

   • 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:

     Hicks wrote in the diary in July 1913 about the arrangements for the two forthcoming archidiaconal installations.