deacon

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deacon englannista suomeksi

A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
By extension, a modern day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
''Free Churches'': A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
''Anglicanism'': An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
''Methodism'': A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
A junior lodge officer.
The lowest office in the (w), generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
The chairman of an incorporated company.
For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
To kill a calf shortly after birth.
To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
(quote-book)
{{quote-book|en|year=1902|author=George Horace Lorimer|title=Old Gorgon Graham|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12106
To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.