Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• arçidiano

Noun

arcidiano m (plural arcidianos)

1. archdeacon
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r. a.

     [R] / emont por la gracia de dios. arço / biſpo de Toledo. a don alemeric. arçi / diano de antiochia […]

     Remont, by the grace of God, archbishop of Toledo, to don Almeric, archdeacon of Antioch […]

   • Idem, f. 1r. a.

     a qui reſpó / dio el arcidiano […]

     To this the archdeacon responded the following: […]

   • Idem, f. 1r. b.

     El to clerigo almerich. a / Rçidiano de antiochẏa. réde gŕas / adios & atẏ.

     Your cleric Almerich, archdeacon of Antioch, gives thanks to God and to you.

Descendants

• Spanish: arcediano