Definition of "archdeacons" []

• Plural form of archdeacon. (noun)

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• "She is one of a growing number of women – archdeacons, deans and canons – with both the qualifications and the experience to take up the position."
• "People who are mistaken for him enter heartily into the fun of the thing, especially town councillors, archdeacons and retired colonels."
• "But they are masters of rationality, in contradistinction to the archdeacons of sophistry that are todays "philosophers" in the European, largely Gallic mould."