Deacon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
2. isim A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
3. isim An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
4. isim A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
5. isim A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
6. isim A junior lodge officer.
7. isim The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
8. isim A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
9. isim The chairman of an incorporated company.
10. fiil To ordain to the diaconate.

    “He was deaconed on the 23rd May, and priested on the 29th September, 1624, by John, Bishop of Sodar and Man.”

11. fiil 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. fiil To kill a calf shortly after birth.
13. fiil To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.

    “The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.”

14. fiil To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
15. özel isim A surname originating as an occupation.
16. özel isim A male given name from English.