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DEACON
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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:
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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