diaken

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Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch diaken, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiˈaː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Noun

diaken m (plural diakenen or diakens, diminutive diakentje n, feminine diacones or diakones)

  1. (Protestantism) deacon (person involved in an ecclesiastical lay office for social affairs and charity)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) deacon (male in an unordained clerical office qualified for parish work)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch diaken, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diakən/
  • Hyphenation: dia‧kên

Noun

diakên

  1. (Christianity, Protestantism) deacon (male with duties of helping the ministers (pastors, priests) and carrying out parish work)

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