deacon

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deacon englannista suomeksi

  1. apupappi

  2. diakoni

  1. Substantiivi

  2. diakoni

  3. Verbi

deacon englanniksi

  1. A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).

  2. By extension, a modern day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.

  3. A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.

  4. ''Free Churches'': A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.

  5. ''Anglicanism'': An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.

  6. ''Methodism'': A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.

  7. A junior lodge officer.

  8. The lowest office in the (w), generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.

  9. A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).

  10. The chairman of an incorporated company.

  11. For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.

  12. To kill a calf shortly after birth.

  13. To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.

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  16. To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.