Synonyms:
deacon, Protestant_deacon
Meaning: a Protestant layman who assists the minister
Usage examples
'Bless my soul! the Deacon really meant business last summer and never told me.
Were all the village bells to be mute because Tribulation Wholesome and Deacon Ananias thought them profane? Was Christmas no longer to be a day of rejoicing?
One can hear the singing in church and the deacon reads so plainly and verbally that it will reach him every time just as though it were read over his grave."
At times like these, foremen such as Park and Deacon Smith were shorn of their accustomed power, and worked under orders as strict as those they gave their men.
No deacon could have been more sober, however, than Chris when they met next morning, while the party of summer boarders at the old farm-house were in a pleasant bustle of preparation for the long expected day on the mountain.