Definizione monolingua

deacon

deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)

1. (Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
2. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
3. (US) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
   • 1902, George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham^[1]:

     Its like buying a barrel of apples thats been deaconed — after youve found that the deeper you go the meaner and wormier the fruit, you forget all about the layer of big, rosy, wax-finished pippins that was on top.

deacon (plural deacons)

1. (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
2. (Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
3. (Protestantism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
4. (freemasonry) A junior Lodge officer.
5. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
6. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).

Definizione dizionario deacon

	diacono
	A designated minister of charity in the early Church
	lay leader of a Protestant congregation
	A clergyman ranked directly below a priest

Altri significati:

(freemasonry) A junior Lodge officer.

(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

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

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

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

deacon (Catholic)

deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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

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

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

(Protestantism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.