Synonyms of deacon

deacon

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priest
• preacher
• bishop
• pastor
• clergyman
• reverend
• minister
• clerical
• cleric
• chaplain
• clerk
• father
• dominie
• prelate
• ecclesiastic
• clergyperson
• deaconess
• divine
• presbyter
• rector
• missionary
• pope
• churchman
• archbishop
• priestess
• monk
• vicar
• dean
• parson
• abbot
• curé
• padre
• archpriest
• diocesan
• confessor
• monsignor
• shepherd
• evangelist
• abbé
• clergywoman
• friar
• missioner
• curate
• religious
• monastic
• revivalist
• mendicant
• Holy Joe
• oblate
• sky pilot
• high priestess
• missionizer
• high priest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• layman
• layperson
• secular
• lector
• lay reader

• layman
• layperson
• secular
• lector
• lay reader