Deacon
Dea´con Pronunciation: dē´k'n
DEACON, Eccl. law. A minister or servant in the church whose office, in some
churches, is to assist the priest in divine service, and the distribution of
the sacrament.
Aaronic priesthood,
Bible clerk,
Bible reader,
Melchizedek priesthood,
Seventy,
acolyte,
acolytus,
almoner,
anagnost,
apostle,
beadle,
bedral,
bishop,
capitular,
capitulary,
choir chaplain,
churchwarden,
clerk,
deaconess,
diaconus,
doorkeeper,
elder,
elderman,
exorcist,
exorcista,
high priest,
holy orders,
lay elder,
lay reader,
lector,
lecturer,
major orders,
minor orders,
ostiarius,
parish clerk,
patriarch,
precentor,
presbyter,
priest,
reader,
ruling elder,
sacrist,
sacristan,
sexton,
shames,
sidesman,
subdeacon,
subdiaconus,
succentor,
suisse,
teacher,
teaching elder,
thurifer,
verger,
vergeress