"deacon" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A Protestant layman who assists the minister (synset 110014211)
is a type of: church officer - a church official

subtypes: deaconess - a woman deacon

same as: protestant deacon
A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches;
One of the Holy Orders (synset 110014058)
is a type of:
- clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
- holy order, order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy