Deacon vs. Overseer
Difference Between Deacon and Overseer
Deaconnoun
(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
Overseernoun
One who oversees or supervises.
Deaconnoun
(Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
Overseernoun
(historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
Deaconnoun
(Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
Overseernoun
(historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
Deaconnoun
(Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
Overseernoun
(obsolete) A critic.
Deaconnoun
(Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
Overseernoun
a person who directs and manages an organization
Deaconnoun
(freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
Deaconnoun
(Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
Deaconnoun
A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
Deaconnoun
(Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
Deaconverb
For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
Deaconverb
To kill a calf shortly after birth.
Deaconverb
To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
Deaconverb
To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
Deaconnoun
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
Deaconnoun
a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
