nnoun.persona Protestant layman who assists the ministerSynset:Protestant deacon
Hypernyms:church officer
Inherited Hypernyms:deaconchurch officerofficialskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:deaconchurch officerofficialskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:deaconess
nnoun.persona cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy OrdersHypernyms:clergyman man of the cloth reverend Holy Order Order
Inherited Hypernyms:deaconclergymanspiritual leaderleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:deaconclergymanspiritual leaderleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:deaconholy orderstatusstateattributeabstractionentity