"deacon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdiːkən/ Audio: En-au-deacon.ogg [Australia] Forms: deacons [plural]
enPR: dē'k(ə)n Rhymes: -iːkən Etymology: From Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|diacon}} Old English diacon, {{der|en|EL.|diaconus}} Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, {{der|en|grc|διᾱ́κονος|t=servant, minister}} Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} deacon (plural deacons)
  1. (Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6). Categories (topical): Christianity, Orthodoxy, People Translations (a designated minister of charity in the early Church): diaken (Afrikaans), διάκονος (diákonos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), дыя́кан (dyjákan) [masculine] (Belarusian), дя́кон (djákon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diaca [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎯ (ayadohihi) (Cherokee), 執事牧師 (Chinese Mandarin), 执事牧师 (zhíshì mùshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 執事 (Chinese Mandarin), 执事 (zhíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), diakon (Danish), diaken (Dutch), diakono (Esperanto), diakoni (Finnish), diacre [masculine] (French), Diakon [masculine] (German), 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (diakaunus) [masculine] (Gothic), διάκονος (diákonos) [masculine] (Greek), diakon (Indonesian), diaken (Indonesian), diacono (Italian), 執事 (shitsuji) (alt: しつじ) (Japanese), 부제 (buje) (note: in Catholic Church) (Korean), 보제 (boje) (note: in Orthodox Church) (Korean), diaconus [masculine] (Latin), ѓа́кон (ǵákon) [masculine] (Macedonian), djaknu (Maltese), rīkona (Maori), diacre [masculine] (Norman), diakon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diakon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), սարկաւագ (sarkawag) (Old Armenian), diakon [masculine] (Polish), diácono [masculine] (Portuguese), diacon [masculine] (Romanian), дья́кон (dʹjákon) [masculine] (Russian), диа́кон (diákon) [masculine] (Russian), diácono [masculine] (Spanish), diakon (Swedish), diyakoz (Turkish), дия́кон (dyjákon) [masculine] (Ukrainian), phó tế [Catholic] (Vietnamese), chấp sự [Protestant] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-6ywTxlw6 Disambiguation of Orthodoxy: 21 9 14 12 10 11 1 3 2 4 12 1 1 1 Disambiguation of People: 13 9 1 12 3 10 14 0 8 10 8 5 2 5 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'a designated minister of charity in the early Church': 65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3
  2. (Christianity) By extension, a modern day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-0aBDW-kX Topics: Christianity
  3. (Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. Categories (topical): Catholicism Translations (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest): شَمَّاس (šammās) [masculine] (Arabic), սարկավագ (sarkavag) (Armenian), дя́кон (djákon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diaca [masculine] (Catalan), 執事 (Chinese Mandarin), 执事 (zhíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 助祭 (zhùjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 輔祭 (Chinese Mandarin), 辅祭 (fǔjì) (Chinese Mandarin), jáhen [masculine] (Czech), diákon [masculine] (Czech), diakon [common-gender] (Danish), diaken [masculine] (Dutch), diakono (Esperanto), diakoni (Finnish), diacre [masculine] (French), Diakon [masculine] (German), diakon (Indonesian), diaken (Indonesian), deagánach [masculine] (Irish), diacono (Italian), 輔祭 (hosai) (note: in Orthodox Church) (alt: ほさい) (Japanese), 助祭 (josai) (note: in Catholic Church) (alt: じょさい) (Japanese), 執事 (shitsuji) (note: in Anglicanism) (alt: しつじ) (Japanese), 부제 (buje) (note: in Catholic Church) (Korean), 보제 (boje) (note: in Orthodox Church) (Korean), diaconus [masculine] (Latin), ѓа́кон (ǵákon) [masculine] (Macedonian), djaknu (Maltese), rīkona (Maori), diacre [masculine] (Norman), diakon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diakon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), սարկաւագ (sarkawag) (Old Armenian), شماس (šammâs) (Persian), diácono [masculine] (Portuguese), diacon [masculine] (Romanian), дья́кон (dʹjákon) [masculine] (Russian), диа́кон (diákon) [masculine] (Russian), diácono [masculine] (Spanish), shemasi (Swahili), diyakono (Tagalog), phó tế [Catholic] (Vietnamese), chấp sự [Protestant] (Vietnamese), trợ tế [rare] (Vietnamese), thầy sáu [Catholic, dated] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-fmLKU3NY Topics: Catholicism, Christianity Disambiguation of 'a clergyman ranked directly below a priest': 1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10
  4. (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor. Categories (topical): Protestantism, People Translations (lay leader of a Protestant congregation): diaca [masculine] (Catalan), 執事 (Chinese Cantonese), 执事 (zap¹ si⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 執事 (Chinese Mandarin), 执事 (zhíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), diaken [masculine] (Dutch), diakoni (Finnish), diacre [masculine] (French), diaconesse [feminine] (French), Diakon [masculine] (German), djákni (Icelandic), diaken (Indonesian), diacono (Italian), 執事 (shitsuji) (alt: しつじ) (Japanese), 집사 (jipsa) (Korean), rīkona (Maori), diacre [masculine] (Norman), Eltesta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), diácono [masculine] (Portuguese), diacon [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-vv4C~D9M Disambiguation of People: 13 9 1 12 3 10 14 0 8 10 8 5 2 5 Topics: Christianity, Protestantism Disambiguation of 'lay leader of a Protestant congregation': 16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5
  5. (Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon. Categories (topical): Protestantism
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-TGLPdEu4 Topics: Christianity, Protestantism
  6. (Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate. Categories (topical): Protestantism, People
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-pAORnBfe Disambiguation of People: 13 9 1 12 3 10 14 0 8 10 8 5 2 5 Topics: Christianity, Protestantism
  7. (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer. Categories (topical): Freemasonry, People
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-T40wS-Wm Disambiguation of People: 13 9 1 12 3 10 14 0 8 10 8 5 2 5 Topics: Freemasonry, freemasonry, lifestyle
  8. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts. Tags: Mormonism Categories (topical): Mormonism
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-gj-xTJBB
  9. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below). Tags: US
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-nnNkpbNE Categories (other): American English
  10. (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Agriculture, Occupations, People Categories (lifeform): Cattle
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-noun-bPegwe3N Disambiguation of Agriculture: 2 5 8 2 12 10 5 7 10 21 10 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Occupations: 10 5 5 9 5 13 11 3 6 16 10 3 1 3 Disambiguation of People: 13 9 1 12 3 10 14 0 8 10 8 5 2 5 Disambiguation of Cattle: 4 5 8 2 11 10 5 5 13 16 10 5 2 4 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 9 1 11 9 5 9 9 19 11 3 3 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 4 11 1 10 8 7 6 7 25 9 3 3 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (various religious senses): cleric Hyponyms: permanent deacon [Catholic], transitional deacon [Catholic] Related terms: diaconal, diaconate Coordinate_terms: deaconess
Disambiguation of 'various religious senses': 16 8 12 14 9 13 8 6 7 8 Derived forms: archdeacon, deaconal, deaconate, deaconess, deaconize, deaconry, deacon-seat, deaconship, hierodeacon, protodeacon, subdeacon

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdiːkən/ Audio: En-au-deacon.ogg [Australia] Forms: deacons [present, singular, third-person], deaconing [participle, present], deaconed [participle, past], deaconed [past]
enPR: dē'k(ə)n Rhymes: -iːkən Etymology: From Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|diacon}} Old English diacon, {{der|en|EL.|diaconus}} Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, {{der|en|grc|διᾱ́κονος|t=servant, minister}} Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} deacon (third-person singular simple present deacons, present participle deaconing, simple past and past participle deaconed)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Christianity, Music
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-verb-TkwF8n5c Topics: Christianity, entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-verb-clUk3Mwp Categories (other): American English
  3. (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-verb-ypGOItM0 Categories (other): American English
  4. (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-deacon-en-verb-i9E1y-hg Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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          "word": "diakon"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diácono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "diacon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dʹjákon",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дья́кон"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diákon",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диа́кон"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
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          "word": "diácono"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "word": "diakon"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "word": "diyakoz"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "roman": "dyjákon",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "дия́кон"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
            "Catholic"
          ],
          "word": "phó tế"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 3 7 2 7 2 3 3 3",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chấp sự"
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        "(Christianity) By extension, a modern day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination."
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          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
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          "roman": "šammās",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَمَّاس"
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          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
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          "roman": "sarkavag",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "սարկավագ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
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          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "roman": "sarkawag",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "սարկաւագ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "djákon",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дя́кон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "執事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "执事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhùjì",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "輔祭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǔjì",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "辅祭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jáhen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diákon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diaken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diakono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diakoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diacre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Diakon"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diaken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "deagánach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diacono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "alt": "ほさい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "in Orthodox Church",
          "roman": "hosai",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "輔祭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "alt": "じょさい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "in Catholic Church",
          "roman": "josai",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "助祭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "alt": "しつじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "in Anglicanism",
          "roman": "shitsuji",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "執事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "in Catholic Church",
          "roman": "buje",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "부제"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "in Orthodox Church",
          "roman": "boje",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "보제"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diaconus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ǵákon",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ѓа́кон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "djaknu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "rīkona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "nrf",
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          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diacre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diakon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šammâs",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "شماس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diacon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dʹjákon",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дья́кон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diákon",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диа́кон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diácono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "shemasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "word": "diyakono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "Catholic"
          ],
          "word": "phó tế"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
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          ],
          "word": "chấp sự"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "trợ tế"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 53 1 12 6 3 4 5 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
          "tags": [
            "Catholic",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "thầy sáu"
        }
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            "Religion",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "(Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor."
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        "Christianity",
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "word": "執事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Diakon"
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        },
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          "word": "diaken"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "word": "diacono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "執事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "word": "집사"
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "word": "rīkona"
        },
        {
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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          "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "16 7 6 39 7 11 4 3 4 5",
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      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calf",
          "calf"
        ],
        [
          "dairy",
          "dairy"
        ],
        [
          "deacon",
          "#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "animal husbandry",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The chairman of an incorporated company."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chairman",
          "chairman"
        ],
        [
          "incorporate",
          "incorporate"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiːkən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-deacon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/En-au-deacon.ogg/En-au-deacon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/En-au-deacon.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dē'k(ə)n"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "sarkawag",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "սարկաւագ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyjákan",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дыя́кан"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "djákon",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дя́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ayadohihi",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "執事牧師"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíshì mùshī",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "执事牧师"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíshì",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "执事"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diakono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diakoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "diakaunus",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diákonos",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διάκονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diákonos",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διάκονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diacono"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsuji",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "in Catholic Church",
      "roman": "buje",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "부제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "in Orthodox Church",
      "roman": "boje",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "보제"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaconus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ǵákon",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѓа́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "djaknu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "rīkona"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diácono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dʹjákon",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дья́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diákon",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диа́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diácono"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "word": "diyakoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyjákon",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дия́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic"
      ],
      "word": "phó tế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a designated minister of charity in the early Church",
      "tags": [
        "Protestant"
      ],
      "word": "chấp sự"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šammās",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمَّاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sarkavag",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "սարկավագ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "sarkawag",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "սարկաւագ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "djákon",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дя́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíshì",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "执事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhùjì",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "助祭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "輔祭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔjì",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "辅祭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jáhen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diákon"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diakono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diakoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deagánach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diacono"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "in Orthodox Church",
      "roman": "hosai",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "輔祭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "in Catholic Church",
      "roman": "josai",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "助祭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "in Anglicanism",
      "roman": "shitsuji",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "in Catholic Church",
      "roman": "buje",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "부제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "in Orthodox Church",
      "roman": "boje",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "보제"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaconus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ǵákon",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѓа́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "djaknu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "rīkona"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šammâs",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "شماس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diácono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dʹjákon",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дья́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diákon",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диа́кон"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diácono"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "shemasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "word": "diyakono"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic"
      ],
      "word": "phó tế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "Protestant"
      ],
      "word": "chấp sự"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "trợ tế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a clergyman ranked directly below a priest",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "thầy sáu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zap¹ si⁶",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "执事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíshì",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "执事"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "diakoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diaconesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "djákni"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "diaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "diacono"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsuji",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jipsa",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "집사"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "word": "rīkona"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diacre"
    },
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "lay leader of a Protestant congregation",
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    }
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  "word": "deacon"
}

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      "glosses": [
        "To kill a calf shortly after birth."
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        "(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth."
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          "text": "The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham",
          "text": "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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        "To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc."
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        "(US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc."
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      "ipa": "/ˈdiːkən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkən"
    },
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