Definition of "archdeaconship" []

• The rank or office of an archdeacon. (noun)

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• "On 12 June, 1600, he was promoted to the archdeaconship of Famenne."
• "Dubois left at five o'clock in the morning, in a hunting-dress, for Pautoix, where he found M. de Tressan, who, according to his promise, bestowed on him the deaconship, the archdeaconship, and the priesthood."
• ""But the archdeaconship, the deaconship, the priesthood.""