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Word: deacon
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Meaning:
Noun:
- Church history A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- freemasonry A junior Lodge officer.
- Mormonism The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
- Protestantism A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- Roman Catholicism A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- animal husbandry A male deaconed (see below).
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Verb:
- music For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
- animal husbandry To kill a calf shortly after birth.
- US To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
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