deacon

Example Sentences

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Parishioners proceed to the front of the church, where a priest or deacon marks a black cross on their foreheads.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her grandfather was a deacon and mother played an organ in the Presbyterian chapel.

From BBC

Again facing fraud charges, he fled the UK for a remote part of Kenya where not only did he claim to be an Anglican deacon but also a retired cardiac surgeon.

From BBC

Priests and deacons have marched at rallies and prayed for those detained and deported from Orange County to downtown L.A. and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times

The family sang gospel music and were active in the Church of God in Christ, where K.C. was a deacon.

From Los Angeles Times