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Definition deacon

Etymology

From Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (di??konos, “servant, minister”).

Noun

deacon (plural deacons)

  1. (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
  2. (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
  3. (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
  4. (Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
  5. (Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
  6. (freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
  7. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
  8. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
  9. (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.

Verb

deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)

  1. (Christianity, music) 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. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
  3. (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
  • (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

  • Results 326 Words with the letters DEACON

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    ACNODE 11
    CANOED 11
    DEACON 11
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    ACNED 10
    CANED 10
    CODEN 10
    CONED 10
    DANCE 10
    4 letter words with the letters DEACON 
    ACED 8
    ACNE 8
    AEON 5
    CADE 8
    CANE 8
    CODA 8
    CODE 8
    COED 8
    CONE 8
    DACE 8
    DEAN 6
    DECO 8
    DONA 6
    DONE 6
    NODE 6
    ODEA 5
    ONCE 8
    3 letter words with the letters DEACON 
    ACE 6
    ADO 4
    AND 5
    ANE 4
    CAD 7
    CAN 7
    COD 7
    CON 7
    DEN 5
    DOC 7
    DOE 4
    DON 5
    END 5
    EON 4
    NAE 4
    NOD 5
    OCA 6
    ODA 4
    ODE 4
    ONE 4
    2 letter words with the letters DEACON 
    AD 3
    AE 2
    AN 3
    DA 3
    DE 3
    DO 3
    ED 3
    EN 3
    NA 3
    NE 3
    NO 3
    OD 3
    OE 2
    ON 3

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