How to pronounce “deacon”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (early Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
• (Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
• (Catholicism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
• (Anglicanism) An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
• (Evangelicalism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
• (Methodism) A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
• (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
• (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
• (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
• (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
• [Verb]
• (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.
• (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
• (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.

Practice Nearby Words

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