a. [f. L. archidiācon-us archdeacon + -AL 1.] Of, pertaining to, or holding the position of an archdeacon.
1651. Reliq. Wotton., 328 (T.). I can exercise an archidiaconal authority.
1674. Marvell, Reh. Transp., II. 156. The Flattery of Archidiaconal Preachers.
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., II. 91. The Archidiaconal Courts … were revived.
