单词 | deacon |
释义 | deacon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Christianitydeacondea‧con /ˈdiːkən/ noun [countable]RRCRRCa religious official, in some Christian churches, who is just below the rank of a priestExamples from the Corpusdeacon• Straightening up for a second time, Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon.• Usually I end up with old men, pensioners, church deacons.• During this time he was ordained deacon and priest.• Thomas of Canterbury was in Touraine, he promoted his companion, Avertinus, to deacon.• No one questions the lives of the unmarried deacons.Origin deacon (900-1000) Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos “servant” |
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