Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - deacon
Deacon
deacon
n. & v. --n. 1 (in Episcopal churches) a minister of the third order, below bishop and priest. 2 (in Nonconformist churches) a lay officer attending to a congregation's secular affairs. 3 (in the early Church) an appointed minister of charity. --v.tr. appoint or ordain as a deacon. Derivatives deaconate n. deaconship n. Etymology: OE diacon f. eccl.L diaconus f. Gk diakonos servant DEACONESS n. a woman in the early Church and in some modern Churches with functions analogous to a deacon's. Etymology: DEACON, after LL diaconissa
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noun Etymology: Middle English dekene, from Old English dēacon, from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos, literally, servant, from dia+ -konos (akin to enkonein to be active); perhaps akin to Latin conari to attempt Date: before 12th century a subordinate officer in a Christian church: as, a Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Orthodox cleric ranking next below a priest, one of the laymen elected by a church with congregational polity to serve in worship, in pastoral care, and on administrative committees, a Mormon in the lowest grade of the Aaronic priesthood ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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