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Noun: deacon  dee-kun
  1. A Protestant layman who assists the minister
    - Protestant deacon
     
  2. A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

Derived forms: deacons

Type of: church officer, clergyman, Holy Order, man of the cloth, Order, reverend

Encyclopedia: Deacon, Ontario

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