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deacons, plural;
  1. Appoint or ordain as a deacon

Noun
  1. (in Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches) An ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest

  2. (in some Protestant churches) A lay officer appointed to assist a minister, esp. in secular affairs

  3. (in the early church) An appointed minister of charity

  1. a Protestant layman who assists the minister
  2. a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
  3. Deacon is a role in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions, the diaconate, the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others, it is for laity.
  4. The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier, known as Deacon, was a British armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War. It was an attempt to make the QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun into a self-propelled artillery piece. It was employed only during the North African Campaign (1942-1943).
  5. The Deacon is a fictional Marvel Comics character. He is a zealot who believes he is doing the work of God. He has been blessed with powers and weapons from Heaven. His sole weakness is that he will not destroy any holy object such as the Bible.
  6. Deacon is a priesthood office in the Aaronic Priesthood of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  7. This article relates to mainstream Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry. Every Masonic Lodge elects or appoints Masonic Lodge Officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work. ...
  8. Deacon (born Ryan David Winkle in 1977) is an American "Written, Arranged, Produced and Performed By" singer songwriter from Tulsa,OK. He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays strictly by ear. Deacon plays the guitar and bass flipped over like Jimi Hendrix except, he doesn't flip the strings. ...
  9. A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6); A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work; A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor; A junior Lodge officer; The lowest office in the Aaronic ...
  10. (Deacons) Biblically, this designates a servant in the church but not someone who is a slave since the latter refers to a slave/master relationship. ...
  11. (Deacons) Second in command to the minister were his deacons, laymen who assisted the minister.  An important social role of the deacon was to be part of the seating committee that mapped out the social hierarchy of the congregation:  church membership, age, gender, race, wealth, public office, ...
  12. (Deacons) differ in dignity and authority in various Protestant churches. In Lutheran churches, fully ordained ministers who are serving as assistants to other ministers are called deacons. In Baptist and Congregational churches, deacons assist the pastor during religious services. ...
  13. (Deacons) oversaw institutional charity, including hospitals and anti-poverty programs.
  14. Be he a Baptist, Scientologist or Zoroastrian, in the heat of battle Deacon will call down Divine retribution on all net sinners, and will never miss an opportunity to tell everyone about his personal savior. ...
  15. Literally a servant. An office of servant ministry within the church. "But let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless" (1 Tim. 3:10).
  16. (Before 1996) An ordained minister who has progressed far enough in preparation for ordained ministry to be received by an Annual Conference, as either an associate member or probationary member, and who has been ordained deacon.
  17. a minister who was below the rank of priest in the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox churches. Deacons originally cared for both the sick and the poor in early Christian communities.
  18. literally means 'servant,' 'attendant,' or 'minister'; a functionary in Christian churches
  19. the initial level of ordination in the Episcopal Church. Unlike protestant churches where Deacon is a lay order, in the Episcopal Church Deacon is a clerical order. ...
  20. (Gr. "assistant, servant"). The first of the three orders of priesthood. A deacon is not permitted to perform the sacraments, but assists the bishop and the presbyter in the Eucharist and other services or ministries of the church.
  21. derived from the Greek word for "servant," it is now used for the first order of ordained ministry." There are "transitional" deacons: those who will eventually be ordained as priests, and "vocational" deacons, those who will serve as deacons for the balance of their lives.
  22. the rank in the ministry below the priest, with a major role in the collection and distribution of alms
  23. An elderly black train porter to whom Quentin Compson entrusted his suicide letters in The Sound and the Fury. According to Quentin, he supposedly "hadn't missed a train at the beginning of school in forty years, and ... he could pick out a Southerner with one glance. ...
  24. The word deacon comes from the Greek word διаκονος (diakonos), which means servant. The New Testament records the appointment of the first deacons in Acts 6 and lists their qualifications for office in 1 Timothy 3. ...
  25. (1) A lay officer of the church. (2) The title of a person who officially functions on the church's behalf, usually by working with the poor or by helping with administrative matters. ...