diakon

diakon c (singular definite diakonen, plural indefinite diakoner)

1. deacon

• “diakon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “diakon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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

• IPA^(key): /diakon/
• Hyphenation: dia‧kon

diakon

1. (Catholicism) deacon, a clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.

   Synonym: diaken

• “diakon” 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.

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

diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakoner, definite plural diakonene)

1. a deacon

• “diakon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakonar, definite plural diakonane)

1. a deacon

• “diakon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus. Doublet of diak and żak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.kɔn/

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• Rhymes: -akɔn
• Syllabification: dia‧kon

diakon m pers (female equivalent diakonisa, related adjective diakoński)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
2. (Protestantism) deacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
3. (Early Christianity) deacon (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

• diakon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• diakon in Polish dictionaries at PWN