| deacon | | |
| n. (person) | 1. deacon, protestant deacon | a Protestant layman who assists the minister. |
| ~ church officer | a church official. |
| ~ deaconess | a woman deacon. |
| n. (person) | 2. deacon | a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ 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.; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" |
| dean | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dean | an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college. |
| ~ academic administrator | an administrator in a college or university. |
| n. (person) | 2. dean, james byron dean, james dean | United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955). |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| n. (person) | 3. dean, doyen | a man who is the senior member of a group.; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" |
| ~ elder, senior | a person who is older than you are. |
| n. (person) | 4. dean | (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
| ~ cardinal | (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes. |
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