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deacon

In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, an ordained minister who ranks immediately below a priest. In the Protestant churches, a deacon is in training to become a minister or is a lay assistant.



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that worships in Deacon Deuteronomy Coleman's meeting-house?
AN Itinerant Preacher who had wrought hard in the moral vineyard for several hours whispered to a Holy Deacon of the local church:
Now, look here, old man, you must stay in bed, and I'll bring old Deacon in to have a look at you.
 
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