(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
arcediano.
Principal English Translation:
archdeacon
Attestations from sources in English:
Yn ipan axcan viernes. yc xi. mani metztli de março de 1594. años. yquac possesion quimocuilli macoc yn arcediano Don Juan de ceruantes. ynic yxiptlatzin mochiuh yn arçobispo Bonilla. = “Today, Friday, the 11th of the month of March of the year of 1594, was when the archdeacon don Juan de Cervantes was given and took possession [of his office] by which he became the deputy of Archbishop Bonilla” (Chimalpahin 2006: 48). [annals (AHT); time range: 1594–1614]
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