| 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" |
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