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Deacon

Dea´con   Pronunciation: dē´k'n
n.1.(Eccl.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
2.The chairman of an incorporated company.
v. t.1.To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, - usually with off.
2.With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
Noun1.deacon - a Protestant layman who assists the minister
2.deacon - a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

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.

DEACON - Direct English Access and CONtrol. English-like query system. Sammet 1969, p.668.
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
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