名詞 deacon:

1. a Protestant layman who assists the minister
   同義詞：Protestant deacon
2. a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

1. The deacon was killed last night by a stranger.
   那個(gè)副主祭昨晚被一個(gè)陌生人殺死了。
2. The deacon is very kind.
   那個(gè)執(zhí)事很和藹。

dea.con

n.（名詞）
A cleric ranking just below a priest in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches.
執(zhí)事：英國(guó)圣公會(huì)、東正教和羅馬天主教的教堂中僅次于牧師級(jí)別的神職人員
A Protestant layperson who assists the minister in various functions.
會(huì)吏：以各種各樣的職責(zé)幫助教區(qū)長(zhǎng)的耶穌教徒的平信徒
Used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a person:
執(zhí)事：被用作一個(gè)頭銜，放在這類人的姓的前面：
例句：
Deacon Brown.
布朗執(zhí)事

來(lái)源：
Middle English deken
中古英語(yǔ) deken
from Old English doacon
源自 古英語(yǔ) doacon
from Late Latin di3conus
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) di3conus
from Greek diakonos [attendant]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) diakonos [隨從]