subdeacon in English
noun
1
(in some Christian churches) a minister of an order ranking below deacon. Now largely obsolete in the Western church, the liturgical role has been taken by other ministers.
The rest were secular cathedrals, governed by a chapter consisting of a dean and canons whose duty to maintain the Divine Office in choir was carried out by deputies or vicars, normally in priests ’, deacons ’, or subdeacons ' orders.
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1. An Acolyte is a cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon.
2. An Acolyte is a cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon
3. In addition to the Amice, alb, cincture and stole, the priest wears a black chasuble; the deacon wears a black stole, and, like the subdeacon, a black folded chasuble, the sacred vestments of penitential Masses.