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Hyphenation of deacons

How to hyphenate deacons

Because it is a word with a single syllable, deacons is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

deacons
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
7
Alpha-numeric Characters Count
7
Hyphens Count
0
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: deacons

Definitions of deacons

deacons is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
  • noun
    (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
  • noun
    Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
  • noun
    Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
  • noun
    Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
  • noun
    A junior lodge officer.
  • noun
    The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
  • noun
    (animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
  • noun
    The chairman of an incorporated company.

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Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.

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