DEACON
\dˈiːkən], \dˈiːkən], \d_ˈiː_k_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEACON
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a cleric ranking just below a priest in Roman Catholic churches
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a Protestant layman who assists the minister
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
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The chairman of an incorporated company.
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With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
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To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, - usually with off.
By Oddity Software
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An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
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The chairman of an incorporated company.
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With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
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To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, - usually with off.
By Noah Webster.
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An inferior or subordinate church officer; a man appointed to assist the minister and manage the material affairs of a church.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In Episcopal and Catholic churches the order of clergy under priests: in some Presbyterian churches, an officer under the elders: in Scot. the master of an incoporated company.
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DEACONESS.
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DEACONSHIP, DEACONRY.
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To read out, as a line of a psalm or hymn, before singing it.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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In the Apostolic Church, one who has charge of collecting and distributing the alms or of ministering to the poor and sick. In the English Church, a clerical person who has not taken priest's orders. In the Presbyterian Church, one who superintends the financial and secular affairs of a congregation. In the Congregational Church, one who admits to membership and assists at the communion. In Scotland, the master of an incorporated company of craftsmen.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] Originally one appointed to serve tables, or superintend the care of the poor;—in the Romish church, an assistant to the priest;—in the English church, one licensed to preach, but not to administer sealing ordinances;—in Presbyterian churches, one charged with the care and distribution of Church Property and Funds.
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