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Archdeacon
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary
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A priest invested with authority or jurisdiction over the clergy and laity, next to the bishop, either through the whole diocese, or only a part of it. There are sixty in England, who visit every two years in three, when they inquire into the reparations and moveables belonging to churches; reform abuses; suspend; excommunicate; in some places prove wills; and induct all clerks into benefices within their respective jurisdictions.
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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Archdeacon'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/a/archdeacon.html. 1802.
Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Archdeacon'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/a/archdeacon.html. 1802.
