deacon

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English

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DEACONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DEACON deken, dekne, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#DEACONCategory:English terms derived from Old English#DEACON diacon, from Ecclesiastical LatinCategory:English terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin#DEACON diāconus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#DEACON διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

Pronunciation

Noun

deacon (plural deacons)Category:English lemmas#DEACONCategory:English nouns#DEACONCategory:English countable nouns#DEACONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEACONCategory:Pages with entries#DEACONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEACON

  1. (early ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#DEACON) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
  2. (ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#DEACON, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
  3. (CatholicismCategory:en:Catholicism#DEACON, LutheranismCategory:en:Lutheranism#DEACON, Eastern OrthodoxyCategory:en:Eastern Orthodoxy#DEACON, Oriental OrthodoxyCategory:en:Oriental Orthodoxy#DEACON, Church of the EastCategory:en:Church of the East#DEACON) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
  4. (AnglicanismCategory:en:Anglicanism#DEACON) An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
  5. (EvangelicalismCategory:en:Evangelicalism#DEACON) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
  6. (MethodismCategory:en:Methodism#DEACON) A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
  7. (FreemasonryCategory:en:Freemasonry#DEACON) A junior lodge officer.
  8. (MormonismCategory:en:Mormonism#DEACON) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
  9. (USCategory:American English#DEACON, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
  10. (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#DEACON) The chairman of an incorporated company.

Hypernyms

  • (various religious senses): cleric

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Translations

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See also

Verb

deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)Category:English lemmas#DEACONCategory:English verbs#DEACONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEACONCategory:Pages with entries#DEACONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEACON

  1. (ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#DEACON, musicCategory:en:Music#DEACON) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
  2. (USCategory:American English#DEACON, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
  3. (USCategory:American English#DEACON, slangCategory:English slang#DEACON) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
  4. (USCategory:American English#DEACON, slangCategory:English slang#DEACON) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

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