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deacon

DEFINITIONS OF: deacon

1

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

Type of:
clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Holy Order, Order
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

n a Protestant layman who assists the minister

Synonyms:
Protestant deacon
Types:
deaconess
a woman deacon
Type of:
church officer
a church official
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