SUBDIACONATES Antonyms

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

• a bishop of highest rank

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

• (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• serving as an essential component

• a Protestant layman who assists the minister

• a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

• only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

• a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

• a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

• (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

• (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish