DEACONS
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
D(2) E(1) A(1) C(3) O(1) N(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
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.
- Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
Source: Wiktionary
