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subdiaconal

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sub⋅di⋅ac⋅o⋅nal

  [suhb-dahy-ak-uh-nl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to a subdeacon.
Origin:
1840–50; sub- + diaconal
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sub·di·ac·o·nate   (sŭb'dī-āk'ə-nĭt)   
n.  The office, order, or rank of subdeacon.

[Late Latin subdiāconātus, from subdiāconus, subdeacon (partial translation of Late Greek hupodiākonos) : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diāconus, deacon; see deacon.]
sub'di·ac'o·nal adj.
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