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— English words —

• deacon n. (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
• deacon n. (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping…
• deacon n. (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
• deacon n. (Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter…
• deacon n. (Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead…
• deacon n. (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
• deacon n. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
• deacon n. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
• deacon n. (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
• deacon v. (Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which…
• deacon v. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
• deacon v. (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect…
• deacon v. (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
• Deacon prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation.
• Deacon prop.n. (Rare) A male given name from English.

— English word, defined in French —

• deacon n. Diacre.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• deacon s. Diácono.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• deacon s. Diácono.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• deacon s. (Religione), (cristianesimo) diacono.

129 English words from 15 English definitions

Aaronic Acts adulterate after alterations and Anglicanism animal animal␣husbandry are article assists at␣a␣time barrel because being below birth boundaries boys breed calf called Catholicism chairman charity choir Christianity Church Churches clergyman company congregation container converts dairy deaconed designated directly doctor duties early English etc For Free Freemasonry fresh from fruit generally given given␣name held helping history husbandry hymn imperfect incorporated incorporated␣company instead junior kill land lay lead leader leading lines lodge lowest make male Methodism minister Mormonism music name neither occupation of␣a of␣an office officer old old␣boys one one␣or␣two ordained originating Orthodoxy other pastor place presbyter priest priesthood prior prior␣to Protestantism ranked Rare recent Roman Roman␣Catholicism Scotland see separate serving shortly slang sly sold speaking spoiled surname that the they time top to␣the two usually which who with year

4 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

cristianesimo diacono Diacre Religione

19 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

deacons deaconal deaconed deaconly deaconry deaconate deaconess deaconing deaconates deaconhood deaconries deaconship deaconesses deaconships deacon's␣bench deaconess-house deacon's␣benches Deacon's␣process deaconess-houses

16 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

subdeacons sub-deacons archdeacons subdeaconry archdeaconry protodeacons underdeacons archdeaconess subdeaconries subdeaconship archdeaconries archdeaconship subdeaconships archdeaconesses archdeaconships transitional␣deacons

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

subdeacon sub-deacon archdeacon protodeacon underdeacon transitional␣deacon

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

con Con CON -con con- DEA EAC

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AED CAE NOC oca

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

acnode Canedo canoed Cedano

24 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acnodes acorned acted␣on baconed Caedmon Caledon Canedos caponed Cardone Cedanos celadon conamed Condela congaed deacons decagon decanol dracone endocan Macedon Oceanid odacine oncaeid tacnode

28 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Acedo acned acone adeno adeno- anode Caden Cando can-do caned CanOD canoe CODEN coend conde Conde coned Con␣Ed dance Dance Deano decan Decan decon Doane ocean Ocean onced

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

beacon Beacon dead-on dead␣on Deason Deaton DefCon DEFCON

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

decon

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