deacon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
2. 2
   noun (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
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   noun Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
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   noun Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
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   noun Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
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   noun A junior lodge officer.
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   noun The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
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   noun (animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
9. 9
   noun The chairman of an incorporated company.
10. 10
    verb For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
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    verb (animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
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    verb To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
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    verb To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.