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Definition of Protestant deacon
1. Noun. A Protestant layman who assists the minister.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protestant Deacon
Literary usage of Protestant deacon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"181; Leach v. People ex rel. Patterson, 122 111. 420, 12 NE 72G; People ex rel.
U ruff v. Institution of Protestant deacon- esses, 71 111. 229; Lockport v. ..."
2. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones (1812)
"From the manner in which Mr. Pope mentions him, in the treatise on the Bathos,
as a zealous Protestant deacon, he Seems to have been intended for the church ..."
3. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones (1812)
"From the manner in •which Mr. Pope mentions him, in the treatise on the Bathos,
as a zealous Protestant deacon, he seems to have been intended for the ..."
4. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones (1812)
"From the manner in which Mr. Pope mentions him, in the treatise on the Bathos,
as a zealous Protestant deacon, he seems to have been intended for the church ..."