deacon

Example Sentences

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But others did it for him, including the deacon who led his memorial service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Again facing fraud charges, he fled the UK for a remote part of Kenya where not only did he claim to be an Anglican deacon but also a retired cardiac surgeon.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Scott Peyton served the same priest, Father Michael Guidry, as a deacon.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Lauren P. McCombs, an Episcopal deacon and a leader for Faith in Action Bay Area, called the criminalization of homelessness “inhumane treatment of our unhoused neighbors.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024

The head prosecutor in Dowa was a church deacon named Mister Kabisa, who was also one of my father’s loyal customers.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba