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deacon

noun

1 deacon

A Protestant layman who assists the minister.

synonym: Protestant deacon.

Roget 996: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk.    clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, ... show more

Polish: diakon

2 deacon

A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders.

Dutch: diaken
Polish: diakon


verb

Roget 990: worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere etc. 928; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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