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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 deken, dekne, from 古期英語 diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

発音

• ハイフネーション: dea‧con
• enPR: dē'k(ə)n, IPA: /ˈdiːkən/
• 韻: -iːkən

名詞

deacon (plural deacons)

1. (early Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
2. (Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
3. (Catholicism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
4. (Anglicanism) An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
5. (Evangelicalism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
6. (Methodism) A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
7. (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
8. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
9. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
10. (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.

上位語

• (various religious senses): cleric

下位語

• (Catholic): permanent deacon, transitional deacon

等位語

• deaconess
• (various religious senses): abbé, canon

派生語

関連する語

• diaconal
• diaconate

参考

• deacon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• diaconate

動詞

deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)

1. (Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
2. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
3. (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
   • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:

     The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.

   • 1902, George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham‎:

     It's like buying a barrel of apples that's been deaconed — after you've found that the deeper you go the meaner and wormier the fruit, you forget all about the layer of big, rosy, wax-finished pippins that was on top.

4. (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

アナグラム

• Canedo, Cedano, acnode, canoed