💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deacons"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| protestant deaconnoun | a protestant layman who assists the minister |
| pastorsnoun | (countable, religion) Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people. |
| deaconessesnoun | (Christianity) A non-clerical role for women in some churches. |
| congregationsnoun | A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form). |
| clergynoun | Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service. |
| diaconatenoun | The rank of a deacon. |
| presbytersnoun | An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches. |
| priestsnoun | a post-punk band from Washington D.C. |
| churchnoun | (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. |
| laitynoun | People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. |
| ordinationnoun | The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. |
| episcopacynoun | The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops. |
| congregationalnoun | Of or pertaining to a congregation. |
| clergywomennoun | — |
| bishopnoun | (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory. |
| vestrynoun | A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy. |
| parishionersnoun | A member of a parish. |
| suffragannoun | An auxiliary bishop. |
| seminariansnoun | Someone who studies at a seminary. |
| episcopalnoun | (nonstandard) An adherent of an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa. |
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