archdeacon
/ˌɑːtʃˈdiːkən/noun
- a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities会吏总(基督教一高级牧师, 早期教会中称为会吏, 现今英国国教中称为神甫, 主教委之以一定责任)。
词源
Old English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- 'chief' + diakonos (see DEACON).