deacons
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deacons noun
- (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
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protestant deaconpastorsdeaconessescongregationsclergydiaconatepresbyterspriestschurchlaityordinationepiscopacycongregationalclergywomenbishopvestry
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