1) Big shot in church 2) Certain church official 3) Certain presbyter 4) Christian official 5) Church cleric 6) Church figure 7) Church helper 8) Church leader 9) Church officer 10) Church official 11) Church VIP 12) Cleric or church officer 13) Cleric ranking below a priest 14) Ecclesiastical title
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1) Deaconess 2) Layman
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- a Protestant layman who assists the minister
- a cleric ranking just below a priest in Roman Catholic churches
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An ordained minister who assists the Celebrant during the Liturgy of the Word and at the altar for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
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• (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company. • (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. • (n.) 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 ...
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(from Greek diakonos, `helper`), a member of the lowest rank of the threefold Christian ministry (below the presbyter-priest and bishop) or, in ... [12 related articles]
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In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, an ordained minister who ranks immediately below a priest. In the Protestant churches, a deacon is in training to become a min ...
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1. 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 ce...
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The man who received the ministry of the diaconate
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Dea'con (dē'k'n)
noun [ Middle English
diakne ,
deakne ,
deken , Anglo-Saxon
diacon ,
deacon , Latin
diaconus , from Greek ... a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 probably confused with
dean .]
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Dea'con transitive verb To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with
off . [ Colloq. New. Eng.] See
Line ,
transitive verb » The expression is derived from a former custom in the Congregational churches of New England. It ...
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(Before 1996) An ordained minister who has progressed far enough in preparation for ordained ministry to be received by an Annual Conference, as either an associate member or probationary member, and who has been ordained deacon.
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Ecclesiastically, a deacon is a person in the lowest degree of holy orders. The office of deacon was instituted by the apostles, and seven persons were chosen at first to serve at the feasts of Christians, and distribute bread and wine to the communicants, and to minister to the wants of the poor. In the Roman Catholic Church the deacon is the chie...
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Deacon is a pale-gold, orangey, dry bitter from the Gibbs Mews brewery in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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Deacon was Britsih army Second World War slang for an AEC Mk 1 6-pdr anti-tank gun carrier.
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A minister ranking below a priest in the Anglican, Catholic and Orthodox churches. In most Protestant churches, deacons are not ordained and are seen as people who assist the clergy (Reid et al. 1990
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an ordained minister who assists the celebrant during the Liturgy of the Word and at the altar for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Deacons are men who can also provide assistance to the priest in baptismal and/or marriage ministry. Deacons serve in the ministry of the liturgy, of the word, and of charity. Transitional deacons are men who are preparin...
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n] - a Protestant layman who assists the minister 2. [n] - a cleric ranking just below a priest in Roman Catholic churches
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the lowest rank in the clergy; ordained for ministry and service, particularly to assist the bishop and priests in their sacramental duties
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noun a Protestant layman who assists the minister
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noun a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
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In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, an ordained minister who ranks immediately below a priest. In the Protestant churches, a deacon is in training to become a minister or is a lay assistant
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literally means 'servant,' 'attendant,' or 'minister'; a functionary in Christian churches
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(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest. · (in other churches) an appointed or elected officer having variously defined duties. · (in Freemasonry) either of two officers in a masonic lodge.
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Deacon is a Greek name for boys. The meaning is `servant, messenger` The name Deacon is most commonly given to English and Welsh boys. (2 times more often than to American boys.) The name sounds like: Dagon, Deccan
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