as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church
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Recent Examples of deacon
Deeply religious, Boyles was a deacon at Maranatha Family Worship Center in Kansas City.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
According to the emails, communication between church leaders and Saints officials began in July 2018 after Greg Bensel, the Saints’ head of communications, shared a local news story with Benson about a former deacon who was removed from ministry due to abuse accusations.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Declining giving and church attendance are a national phenomenon, but some on the board of deacons saw it as an existential threat.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
There were rabbis, imams, bishops and deacons from across the city, reflecting the diversity of the victims and New Orleans.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
According to the emails, communication between church leaders and Saints officials began in July 2018 after Greg Bensel, the Saints’ head of communications, shared a local news story with Benson about a former deacon who was removed from ministry due to abuse accusations.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Declining giving and church attendance are a national phenomenon, but some on the board of deacons saw it as an existential threat.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
There were rabbis, imams, bishops and deacons from across the city, reflecting the diversity of the victims and New Orleans.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deacon
Noun
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The Vatican said the photo was taken Sunday when the pope celebrated Mass with other priests in the chapel.—
Joshua McElwee,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, cries for help emerged on social media for a group of priests trapped inside a church in the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood, which endured much of the attack by the Viv Ansanm gang coalition that began late Tuesday.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To the congregation, Rose had been much more than a charismatic preacher.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Blige also connected jazz (scat singing, riffing on a phrase, improvising wordless lines), gospel (testifying akin to a preacher delivering a sermon) and hip hop traditions.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Unlike a synod of bishops, this will be a unique gathering of bishops, clergy, monks, friars, nuns and lay men and women.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Vatican office for the synod, or gathering of bishops, released a timetable through 2028 to implement the reforms and said Francis had approved the calendar last week.—
Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.—
Brett Martel,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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While in town, travelers can also visit the Rosa Parks Museum, which tells the story of the Montgomery bus boycott and the fight against segregation, and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. King served as a pastor.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
14 Mar. 2025
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Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Deacon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deacon. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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