noun, masculine/aɾθeˈdjano/plural: arcedianos
archdeacon
Synonyms: archidiácono
Related: arcedianato, arcedianazgo
Inherited from Old Spanish arcidiano, arçidiano, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin archidiaconus, based on Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + διάκονος (diákonos, “servant, minister”). Doublet of archidiácono.