diaken

From Middle Dutch diaken, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiˈaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

diaken m (plural diakenen or diakens, diminutive diakentje n, feminine diacones)

1. (Protestantism) deacon, person involved in an ecclesiastical lay office for social affairs and charity
2. (Roman Catholicism) deacon, male in an unordained clerical office qualified for parish work

• deken
• diaconie

From Dutch diaken, from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

• IPA^(key): /diakən/
• Hyphenation: dia‧kên

diakên

1. (Christianity, Protestantism) deacon, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.

• “diaken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.