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 warden is
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deacon English
Noun
( en noun)
(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.
Derived terms
* archdeacon
* deaconal
* deaconate
* deaconess
* deaconize
* deaconry
* deacon-seat
* subdeacon
Verb
( en verb)
(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 citation
, 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.}}
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warden English
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
- He called to the warden on the battlements.
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
- the warden of a college
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.
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