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Is deacon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deacon is a Scrabble US word. The word deacon is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is deacon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deacon is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

ACNODE,CANOED,DEACON,

5-letter words (9 found)

ACNED,ANODE,CANED,CANOE,CODEN,CONED,DANCE,DECAN,OCEAN,

4-letter words (23 found)

ACED,ACNE,AEON,ANCE,CADE,CANE,CODA,CODE,COED,COND,CONE,DACE,DEAN,DECO,DOEN,DONA,DONE,ECAD,ECOD,EOAN,NODE,ODEA,ONCE,

3-letter words (25 found)

ACE,ADO,AND,ANE,CAD,CAN,COD,CON,DAE,DAN,DEN,DOC,DOE,DON,EAN,ECO,END,EON,NAE,NED,NOD,OCA,ODA,ODE,ONE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AN,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,EN,NA,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 76 words from deacon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deacon

deacon

Etymology

From Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dea‧con
  • enPR: dē'k(ə)n, IPA(key): /ˈdiːkən/
  • Rhymes: -iːkən

Noun

deacon (plural deacons)

  1. (Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
  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.
  3. (Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
  4. (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
  5. (Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
  6. (Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
  7. (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
  8. (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
  9. (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
  10. (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.

Hypernyms

  • (various religious senses): cleric

Hyponyms

  • (Catholic): permanent deacon, transitional deacon

Coordinate terms

  • deaconess

Derived terms

Related terms

  • diaconal
  • diaconate

Translations

See also

  • deacon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • diaconate

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.
  2. (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
  3. (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
  4. (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

Anagrams

  • Canedo, Cedano, acnode, canoed

Source: wiktionary.org