DEACON as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches
   • one of the Holy Orders
   Hypernyms(s) deacon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clergyman (what does clergyman mean?)
   • reverend (what does reverend mean?)
   • man of the cloth (what does man of the cloth mean?)
   • holy order (what does holy order mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a Protestant layman who assists the minister
   Synonym(s)
   • Protestant deacon (what does Protestant deacon mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deacon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • church officer (what does church officer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • deaconess (what does deaconess mean?)