archdeacon
noun
arch·dea·con
(ˌ)ärch-ˈdē-kən 
: a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work
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Keith Cartwright, archdeacon of the Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, officiated.
—New York Times, 6 May 2018
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
Keith Cartwright, archdeacon of the Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, officiated.
—New York Times, 6 May 2018
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archdeacon
noun
arch·dea·con
(ˈ)ärch-ˈdē-kən
: a church official who assists a bishop
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