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The correct spelling is deacon.
How to pronounce deacon
/ˈdiːkən/
nounIPA: /ˈdiːkən/
Say it like: Dee-con
The correct spelling is deacon. (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- 2.(Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- 3.Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- 4.Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- 5.Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
verb
- 1.For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
- 2.(animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
- 3.To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
- 4.To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
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