a priest just below the rank of bishop, especially in the Anglican Church Topics Religion and festivalsc2(尤指圣公会的)会吏长 Word OriginOld English arce-, ercediacon, from ecclesiastical Latin archidiaconus, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonos, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + diakonos ‘servant’ (in ecclesiastical Greek ‘Christian minister’).