deacon
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Synonyms
clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverend
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Even with so many parishioners absent Sunday, the pews were packed as Mena followed the procession toward the chancel, behind the altar server holding up a red processional cross and the deacon carrying a red and gold Bible. — Los Angeles Times, "A Mississippi church counts its missing after ICE raids: ‘This is a very dark moment’," 19 Aug. 2019 Brooks’s mom is a minister and her dad is a church deacon. — Leanne Italie, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Orange Is the New Black’ leaves legacy for women of color," 10 July 2019 Authorities in Tennessee also arrested and charged Billy Ray Turner, who served as a deacon at the Memphis-area church Wright once attended, with first-degree murder. — Los Angeles Times, "The Sports Report: Ex-wife pleads guilty in Lorenzen Wright case," 26 July 2019 Pastor and First Lady Erza and Catrina Tillman, and their team of church deacons have been conducting water services for bottled distribution for the past five years. — Danielle Kwateng-clark, Teen Vogue, "Jaden Smith On Flint, Michigan and How We Can All Change the World," 9 July 2019 The list of 21 priests and one permanent deacon includes the Rev. Anthony Schuerger, the longtime pastor of Cleveland’s St. Malachi Parish who was placed on administrative leave on Friday. — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, "Catholic Diocese of Cleveland identifies 22 more clerics previously accused of sexual abuse," 21 June 2019 Others have failed by not responding morally, pastorally and effectively to allegations of abuse or misconduct perpetrated by other bishops, priests and deacons. — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, "Slowik: A Joliet bishop engaged in sexual misconduct. The diocese still displays his picture in the cathedral.," 13 June 2019 Prosecutors are expected to call dozens of witnesses, including a former deacon, parents and former military members who knew Perrault in the early 1990s. — Mary Hudetz, The Seattle Times, "Fugitive priest accused of abusing boy faces trial," 30 Mar. 2019 Unsurprisingly, Pope Francis, who once said that Mary is more important than the Apostles, bishops, deacons and priests, has a thing or two to say about maternity leave for women. — Ashley E. Mcguire, Washington Post, "How conservatives are poised to actually make paid family leave a reality," 13 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deacon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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