deaconnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdiː.kən/us/ˈdiː.kən/mainly UK in some churches, an official, either male or female, who is below a priest in rank and who performs some of the duties of a priest
mainly US in some churches, a lay person (= an ordinary person without religious training) who helps with the running and organization of the church
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Religious leaders & officials
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- ayatollah
- bishop
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- deaconess
- muezzin
- mullah
- padre
- papal
- parish clerk
- rabbi
- rector
- sexton
- swami
- the Dalai Lama
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