deacon

Example Sentences

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But others did it for him, including the deacon who led his memorial service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

The 82-year-old military veteran and church deacon received no warnings to evacuate before the Eaton fire swept through his neighborhood, his daughter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Scott Peyton served the same priest, Father Michael Guidry, as a deacon.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

In 2004, she began training in the priesthood and became a deacon three years later, followed by her ordination as a priest in 2007.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

“I guess you would. And you’d be even madder if you had a granddaddy so sick he couldn’t move, and a deacon from the town come down to tell him he had to move anyway.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt