DEACON


Meaning of DEACON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

ordained

He said: When you are ordained deacon you have arrived.

During this time he was ordained deacon and priest.

He was ordained deacon in 1833 and priest in 1834.

Diaper was ordained deacon in Wells on 19 June 1709, and served subsequently as curate in Brent in the same diocese.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

During this time he was ordained deacon and priest.

Hernandez has a friendly relationship with Champigny's Catholic priests and deacons.

No one questions the lives of the unmarried deacons.

Straightening up for a second time, Anna thought Isobel looked more like a librarian than a deacon .

The same man apparently also posed as a deacon at a nearby Catholic parish but fled when confronted.

Thomas of Canterbury was in Touraine, he promoted his companion, Avertinus, to deacon .

Usually I end up with old men, pensioners, church deacons.

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