curate vs deacon

curate

noun
  • A parish priest. 

  • An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion. 

  • An assistant rector or vicar. 

  • An assistant barman. 

verb
  • To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. 

  • To act as a curator for. 

  • To work or act as a curator. 

deacon

noun
  • A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. 

  • Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate. 

  • Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon. 

  • The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts. 

  • Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor. 

  • A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below). 

  • The chairman of an incorporated company. 

  • A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6). 

  • A junior lodge officer. 

verb
  • To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath. 

  • To kill a calf shortly after birth. 

  • To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc. 

  • For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir. 

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