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deacon: see orders, holy orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], in Christianity, the traditional degrees of the clergy, conferred by the Sacrament of Holy Order. The episcopacy, priesthood or presbyterate, and diaconate were in general use in Christian churches in the 2d cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . deacon Christianity 1. (in the Roman Catholic and other episcopal churches) an ordained minister ranking immediately below a priest 2. (in Protestant churches) a lay official appointed or elected to assist the minister, esp in secular affairs
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The judge who sentenced him was a Protestant deacon, and he just couldn't understand how the judge could be a Christian and want to kill him. Steven Ray, the son of a Protestant deacon, continued with this theme by describing his journey, and that of his wife and children, into the Church or, as his book is entitled, their Crossing the Tiber. |
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