NOUN
  • Definition - (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
  • Definition - (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
  • Definition - Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
  • Definition - Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
  • Definition - Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
  • Definition - A junior lodge officer.
  • Definition - The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
  • Definition - (animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
  • Definition - The chairman of an incorporated company.
VERB
  • Definition - For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
  • Definition - (animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
  • Definition - To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
  • Definition - To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
acnode 9 canoed 9 deacon 9
5 Letter Words
acned 8 caned 8 coden 8 coned 8 dance 8 decan 8 canoe 7 ocean 7 anode 6
4 Letter Words
aced 7 cade 7 coda 7 code 7 coed 7 dace 7 deco 7 acne 6 cane 6 cone 6 once 6 dean 5 dona 5 done 5 node 5 odea 5 aeon 4
3 Letter Words
cad 6 cod 6 doc 6 ace 5 can 5 con 5 eco 5 oca 5 ado 4 and 4 dan 4 den 4 doe 4 don 4 end 4 nod 4 oda 4 ode 4 ane 3 eon 3 nae 3 one 3
2 Letter Words
ad 3 da 3 de 3 do 3 ed 3 od 3 ae 2 an 2 en 2 na 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 on 2
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