Archdeacon in example sentence

Thus the archdeacon, in spite of the excessive austerity of his life, was in bad odor among all pious souls; and there was no devout nose so inexperienced that it could not smell him out to be a magician.

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The archdeacon, as if to draw attention to the value of his time, coughed impatiently, making the windows vibrate.

I have not yet alluded to the visits of Mr. Brocklehurst; and indeed that gentleman was from home during the greater part of the first month after my arrival; perhaps prolonging his stay with his friend the archdeacon: his absence was a relief to me.

"But what say you to the archdeacon T-'s miscellaneous collection," said the abbe.

A few pages of the good archdeacon are enough in conscience to satisfy anyone."

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