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Noun Concept
Categories: Anglican ecclesiastical offices, Holy orders in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church offices, Church of Scotland, Eastern Christian ecclesiastical offices
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deacon  Church deacon  deacon's orders  Deacon in the Catholic Church  deaconate
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A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders WordNet 3.0
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church
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A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Wikipedia
Ministry in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Ministry in the Christian Church Wikidata
A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. Wiktionary
A clergyman ranked directly below a priest. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
clergyman
Holy Order
curate
PART OF
clergy
HAS KIND
archdeacon
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Varusmiespappi
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
DIFFERENT FROM
deaconess
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
deaconess
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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deacon
Wikipedia
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deacon
Wikidata
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deacon
Wiktionary
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deacon
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Church deacon, deacon's orders, Deacon (church), Deacon in the Catholic Church, deaconate, deacons, Deaconship, diaconal, diaconal minister, diaconate, Diaconie, Dioconies, ministerial servant, permanent deacon, permanent deacons, permanent diaconate, Rev. Mr., Rev Mr, Revered Mister, Reverend Mister

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