A cleric ranking just below a priest in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches.
执事英国圣公会、东正教和罗马天主教的教堂中仅次于牧师级别的神职人员
A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop.
会吏总教堂官员，如在英国国教中掌管一个教区中的世俗及其它事务，具有主教授予的权力的人
Those who dissented from Anglican teachings could be heavily fined.
反对英国国教教义的人在过去可判巨额罚款.
