Legal Definition and Related Resources of Archdeacon

Meaning of Archdeacon

In ecclesiastical law. A ministerial officer subordinate to the bishop. In the primitive church, the archdeacons were employed by the bishop in the more servile duties of collecting and distributing alms and offerings. Afterwards they became, in effect, “eyes to the overseers of the church.” Cowell. His jurisdiction is ecclesiastical, and immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, throughout the whole or a part of the diocese. He is a ministerial officer. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 383..

What does Archdeacon mean in American Law?

The definition of Archdeacon in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

An ecclesiastical officer in England, immediately subordinate to a bishop, for whom he administers a division of the diocese called an “archdeanery” or “deanery.”

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