Canon vs Deacon - What's the difference?
canon | deacon | Related terms |
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
(billiards) A carom.
(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
(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 ordained clergyman 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.
(freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
(Mormonism) The lowest office in the (Aaronic priesthood), generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
(US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually ed (see below).
(Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
(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.
(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
(US) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
* {{quote-book, 1902, (George Horace Lorimer), Old Gorgon Graham
, passage=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.}}
As nouns the difference between canon and deacon
is that canon is a generally accepted principle; a rule while deacon is a designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).As a verb deacon is
for a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.canon
English
(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonicalAnagrams
* ----deacon
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* archdeacon * deaconal * deaconate * deaconess * deaconize * deaconry * deacon-seat * subdeaconSee also
* (wikipedia "deacon") * diaconateVerb
(en verb)citation