as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church
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Recent Examples of deacon
The family sang gospel music and were active in the Church of God in Christ, where K.C. was a deacon.
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Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
During that multi-decade stretch, Lorch held a bevy of leadership positions with the church, including as deacon, president of the board of trustees and head coach who picked his staff and directed his players.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
The cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel in reverse order of their hierarchical precedence, with deacons entering first, followed by priests and then bishops.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
But Prevost opposes ordaining women as deacons, for instance, so he's seen as conservative on church doctrine.
—May 8, CBS News, 9 May 2025
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Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
During that multi-decade stretch, Lorch held a bevy of leadership positions with the church, including as deacon, president of the board of trustees and head coach who picked his staff and directed his players.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
The cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel in reverse order of their hierarchical precedence, with deacons entering first, followed by priests and then bishops.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
But Prevost opposes ordaining women as deacons, for instance, so he's seen as conservative on church doctrine.
—May 8, CBS News, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deacon
Noun
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Nevertheless, the walking dead break in anyway and the boy runs for his life, hiding out in a church where his father is the priest.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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But, in many ways, Chryseis—in spite of the apparent privileging of her name and her identity as a priest’s daughter that makes its way into the later stories about her—is the more silent, the more difficult to bring back to life, of the two.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Fight Night became a way to explore the soul of that shift — through hustlers and preachers, cops and kingpins, veterans and dreamers.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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The preacher's son said his father has been in the ICU and never regained consciousness.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
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Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Descended from a long line of clergymen, he was apprenticed to a bookseller at fifteen, which seems to have decided his professional fate.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The daughter of an Anglican clergyman, Emily lived almost all of her life in Haworth, a remote village in the southern Pennines, hundreds of miles from literary London.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
Noun
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But some were accompanied by a pastor, volunteer or family member.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Randy Adams is a pastor at Church on the Rock, a Protestant church about an hour from Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort.—
Lisa Fletcher,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2025
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“Deacon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deacon. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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