archidiaconal
/ahr-ki-dahy-ak-uh-nl/US // ˌɑr kɪ daɪˈæk ə nl //UK // (ˌɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl) //
拱形的,拱门,拱形结构,拱桥
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to an archdeacon or to the office of an archdeacon.
Examples
As I had read a little while before the new archidiaconal theory of obedience, that of course prevented my going out.
But we all know how indefinite, how inconclusive, how meagre in practical results archidiaconal conferences are apt to be!
It merely takes us round in a circle, telling us that poetry is poetical, that the archdeacon performs archidiaconal functions.
Hilda turned upon her a face which appeared still to glow with the stimulus of the archidiaconal function.
Such a proposition as “an archdeacon is one who performs archidiaconal functions” is not a definition.
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