Deacon Synonyms

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Synonyms for Deacon

church officer
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elder
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
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cleric
A member of the clergy
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vicar
(R.C.Ch.) A church officer acting as a deputy of a bishop
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Protestant deacon
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
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layperson
A person who is not a cleric
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chaplain
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missioner
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sidesman
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pastor
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minister
A diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
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catechist
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crozier
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Durber
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Deacon Sentence Examples

  • St Francis was a deacon but not a priest.

  • They were met by a deacon with a censer and by a servant who passed out on tiptoe without heeding them.

  • In 403 he repaired to Constantinople, where he received ordination as deacon at the hands of Chrysostom.

  • The growth of sacerdotal theories, which were fully developed in Cyprian's time, fixed attention on the bishop as a sacrificing priest, and on the deacon 3 as his assistant at the altar.

  • Kilian's comrades, Coloman and Totman, were, according to the Wiirzburg necrology, respectively priest and deacon.

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