Read full poem →Will not r-prove me when he henrs the language I employ
To stigmatize as wicked the deacon’s zealous spite
Dictionary Entry
(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
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. deacondeacon ordaineddeacon senior
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Poetry examples for “deacon”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →That the pipe-organ, which I gave to the church,
Played its christening songs when Deacon Rhodes,
Who broke and all but ruined me,
Read full poem →Marchant Wainrite 2 19 7
To Deacon Goodhue O 10 O