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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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Not that they denied the reality of possession altogether: in the same year one woman appeared on the books of the deaconry as receiving alms because she was "being assaulted by Satan. |
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