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PROTESTANT DEACON

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Overview

PROTESTANT DEACON (noun)
  The noun PROTESTANT DEACON has 1 sense:

1. a Protestant layman who assists the ministerplay

  Familiarity information: PROTESTANT DEACON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PROTESTANT DEACON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Protestant layman who assists the minister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

deacon; Protestant deacon

Hypernyms ("Protestant deacon" is a kind of...):

church officer (a church official)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Protestant deacon"):

deaconess (a woman deacon)


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