Definition of Subdeacons. Meaning of Subdeacons. Synonyms of Subdeacons

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Definition of Subdeacons

Subdeacon
Subdeacon Sub*dea"con, n. [Pref. sub- + deacon: cf. L. subdiaconus.] (Eccl.) One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.

Meaning of Subdeacons from wikipedia

- and the three subdeacons receive the bishop's blessing and kiss his hands. The senior subdeacons return to the altar while the new subdeacon, still holding...
- are used today to allow subdeacons to marry. One approach has been to bless acolytes or readers to vest and act as subdeacons temporarily or permanently...
- apostolic subdeacon and then in Gr**** by the Byzantine Rite subdeacon, following the ritual of the Gr**** Church. After the Epistle, the two subdeacons went...
- these are needed by the bishop, the candlesticks are brought to him by subdeacons, who may also carry them during the Entrances. One of them may be carried...
- ritual splendor has been transferred to the monastic sacerdos: deacons, subdeacons, clerics, seven candles, Pax vobis and double lavabo. If these Frankish...
- mitra simplex (simple white mitre). In the Roman Catholic Church, the subdeacons wore a vestment called the tunicle, which was originally distinct from...
- functions of an acolyte or taper-bearer are therefore carried out by readers, subdeacons, or by non-tonsured men or boys who are sometimes called "acolytes" informally...
- wear only the Kutino Readers wear the Uroro crossed like a Gr**** subdeacon Subdeacons wear the Uroro crossed over the left shoulder Deacons wear the Uroro...
- Slavonic: орарь, orar) is the distinguishing vestment of the deacon and subdeacon in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern...
- subdeacon (international and general United States usage) Missa cantata, a sung Tridentine M**** celebrated by a priest without deacon and subdeacon (usage...