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Noun
(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
(Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
(Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
(Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordainedclergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
(Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.