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# deacon

«deacon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a church minister below a priest, or in many Protestant…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a deacon, deacons; deaconess)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A deacon is a church minister below a priest, or in many Protestant churches a member chosen to help with services, care and practical work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#m1)

2) (Bible) In the Bible, the first deacons were chosen to help share food fairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Church life and religion lessons: the deacon reads the Gospel, helps at communion, visits the sick.

### examples

- The deacon read the Gospel at mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x1)
- Mr Jones is a deacon at our chapel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x2)
- Deacons visit people who are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x3)
- Stephen was one of the first deacons, the Bible says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x4)
- She was ordained as a deacon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x5)
- The deacon helped give out communion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/#x6)

### note

Order in some churches: deacon, priest, bishop. A female deacon is sometimes called a deaconess.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deacon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deacon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.