Library / English Dictionary

DEACON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deacon" is a kind 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Protestant layman who assists the minister

Synonyms:

deacon; Protestant deacon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deacon" is a kind of...):

church officer (a church official)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deacon"):

deaconess (a woman deacon)

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