Word Meanings - ARCHDEACON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

Related words: (words related to ARCHDEACON)

• BISHOPDOM
  Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton.
• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• BISHOPLY
  Bishoplike; episcopal.
• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• BISHOP-STOOL
  A bishop's seat or see.
• APPOINTER
  One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.
• BISHOP'S-WEED
  An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. Goutweed .
• APPOINTMENT
  The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
• BISHOPLIKE
  Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.
• APPOINTOR
  The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
• APPOINTIVE
  Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
• APPOINT
  To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. Crowley. (more info) prepare,
• BISHOP'S LENGTH
  A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• AUTHORITY
  1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority
• BISHOP
  L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. , over + inspector, fr. root of , , to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to 1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
• BISHOPRIC
  1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. 2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. Acts i. 20.
• APPOINTABLE
  Capable of being appointed or constituted.
• DIGNITARY
  One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• FORETHOUGHT
  Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• NEW THOUGHT
  Any form of belief in mental healing other than Christian Science and hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances,
• ALTHOUGH
  Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29. Syn. -- Although, Though. Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic than though, is now interchangeable