Archdeacon
Archdeacon noun - (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop.
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Rector and archdeacon are semantically related. in person in charge of church topic. In some cases you can use "Rector" instead a noun "Archdeacon".
Rector
Rector noun - A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
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And the Duke over the opposition of the Bishop; Canon Judith Potecary; and His Grace's old school-fellow (prepper, Eton, and Oxford), the Archdeacon gets the rector he wants, though not without open ecclesiastical warfare.The new Rector is handsome young widower the Rev.
Source: Literature / Cross And Poppy - The Duke, the Rector, and the Deputy Headmaster get a goodish deal of page-time, but gardeners, farmers, sextons, the Archdeacon, the vet, the railwaymen, and everyone else gets plenty as well.
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Reasonable Authority Figure: The Duke, surprisingly enough; and assuredly the Headmaster, and the Rector, and the Rural Dean, and even the Archdeacon and the Bishop, and the Chief Constable, and Mr Viney to the Servants' Hall, and well, there are no unreasonable ones, really.
Source: Literature / Evensong
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