See Also: deacon(medicine)
deacon(1)(dictionary)
deacon(2)(dictionary)
deacon(dictionary)
Jones, Deacon(encyclopedia)
DEACON, Eccl(law)

deacon (oh)



[Date: 900-1000; Language: Late Latin; Origin: diaconus, from Greek diakonos 'servant']
a religious official, in some Christian churches, who is just below the rank of a priest