protodeacon

[ proh-toh-dee-kuhn ]

noun

1. a chief deacon in the Greek Church.

Word History and Origins

Origin of protodeacon¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; proto- + deacon

Example Sentences

The singers responded with admirable concentration to Fox’s direction, giving maximum differentiation of dynamics — very loud, very soft — to this primarily homophonic music, while Leonid Roschko, protodeacon of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in New Jersey, sang the prayers that interleaved some of the movements in a stentorian bass.

From Washington Post

As ‘protodeacon’ of the College of Cardinals, Tauran emerged on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on the rainy night of March 13, 2013, to announce Francis’ election.

From Seattle Times

Mill-itch!' that his neighbour civilly and sympathetically advised him, 'to take care of his voice, it would be the making of a protodeacon.'

From Project Gutenberg