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deacon
English
Etymology
From Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (di??konos, “servant, minister”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dea?con
- enPR: d?'k(?)n, IPA(key): /?di?k?n/
- Rhymes: -i?k?n
Noun
deacon (plural deacons)
- (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- (Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- (Protestantism) 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.
Hyponyms
- (Catholic): permanent deacon, transitional deacon
Coordinate terms
- deaconess
Derived terms
Related terms
- diaconal
- diaconate
Translations
See also
- deacon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- diaconate
Verb
deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)
- (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.
Anagrams
- Canedo, Cedano, acnode, canoed
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clandestinity
English
Etymology
From clandestine +? -ity.
Noun
clandestinity (usually uncountable, plural clandestinities)
- The quality or state of being clandestine.
- (religion) A diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, requiring the presence of witnesses to the marriage vows, one of whom must be a priest or a deacon.
Synonyms
- clandestineness
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