1. A dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, with jurisdiction over the whole diocese, or a part of it.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• zrchdeacon,
• srchdeacon,
• wrchdeacon,
• qrchdeacon,
• aechdeacon,
• adchdeacon,
• afchdeacon,
• archdeacin,
• archedeacon,
• archdeascon,
• arshdeacon,
• archdeakon,
• archedeaconry,
• archdeaconry,
• archdeacons,
• Archdaeacon,
• Archdiacan,
• Archdiacon,
• Archdiaconn,
• Archiedeacon

• archducal,
• arecidae,
• archdiocesan,
• archidiaconal,
• archdeaconry,
• archduke,
• archduchy.

The adjective form of the word "archdeacon" is "archdiaconal".

The plural of the "archdeacon" can be the "archdeacons".

The singular of the "archdeacon" can be the "archdeacon".