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What (who) is deacon - definition

MINISTRY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Diaconate; Permanent deacon; Permanent diaconate; Transitional deacon; Transitional diaconate; Deacons; Deacon (church); Deaconate; Deaconship; Diaconal minister; Deacon's orders; Ministerial servant; Dioconies; Diaconie; Permanent deacons; Church deacon; Rev Mr; Rev. Mr.; Revered Mister; Reverend Mister; Diaconal; Deacon (Catholic Church); Deacon in the Catholic Church

Deacon

·noun The chairman of an incorporated company.

II. Deacon ·vt To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, - usually with off.

III. Deacon ·add. ·vt 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.

IV. Deacon ·noun 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.

deacon

['di:k(?)n]

¦ noun

1. (in Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Churches) an ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest.

(in some Protestant Churches) a lay officer assisting a minister.

2. (in the early Church) an appointed minister of charity.

¦ verb appoint or ordain as a deacon.

Derivatives

deaconship noun

Origin

OE diacon, via eccles. L. from Gk diakonos 'servant' (in eccles. Gk 'Christian minister').

deacon

(deacons)

A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.

N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Deacon

A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Scandinavian Lutheran Churches, the Methodist Churches, the Anglican Communion, and the Free Church of England, view the diaconate as an order of ministry.

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Examples of use of deacon

1. A witness who called '11 said Deacon was shaking badly.

2. Sheriff‘s spokesman Jim Solomons said Deacon went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated by rescue workers.

3. Thomas Deacon is not the first school in the country not to build a playground.

4. "Things have returned to normal," a deacon at the church said.

5. Regina Nicolosi, a German living in Minnesota, was ordained a deacon.