Deacon vs Father - What's the difference?
deacon | father |
(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.}}
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
* Bible, Proverbs x. 1
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 10
* Bible, Rom. iv. 16
* Shakespeare
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
* Bible, Job xxix. 16
* Bible, Genesis xiv. 8
The founder of a discipline or science.
A senator of Ancient Rome.
To be a father to; to sire.
* 1592 , v 4
(figuratively) To give rise to.
* 1610 — ii 2
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
* 1610 — iv 2
To provide with a father.
* Shakespeare
To adopt as one's own.
* Jonathan Swift
As a noun deacon
is (church history) a designated minister of charity in the early church (see acts 6:1-6).As a verb deacon
is (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.As a proper noun father is
(christianity) god, the father of creation.deacon
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* archdeacon * deaconal * deaconate * deaconess * deaconize * deaconry * deacon-seat * subdeaconSee also
* (wikipedia "deacon") * diaconateVerb
(en verb)citation
Anagrams
* *father
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Noun
(en noun)- A wise son maketh a glad father .
- David slept with his fathers .
- Abraham, who is the father of us all
- Bless you, good father friar!
- I was a father to the poor.
- He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.
Synonyms
* (parent) See alsoAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) mother * (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, childHypernyms
* (a male parent) parentDerived terms
* Father Christmas * Father of Lies * Father Time * Father's Day * fatherhood * father-in-law * fatherland * fatherless * fatherliness * fatherly * forefather * godfather * God the Father * grandfather * great-grandfather * Heavenly Father * how's your father * * stepfatherVerb
(en verb)- Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.
- Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.
- Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.
- Think you I am no stronger than my sex, / Being so fathered and so husbanded?
- Men of wit / Often fathered what he writ.