diacon

• diaco
• diachon

From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κων (diā́kōn), third-declension alternative form of the second-declension noun διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”) (the source of Latin diāconus).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diˈaː.koːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪iˈaː.kon]

diācōn m (genitive diāconis); third declension

1. alternative form of diāconus (“deacon”)

Third-declension noun.

• "diacon", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɑː.kon/

diācon m

1. deacon
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Hī hæfdon him mid fela leorningcnihta, of þām hī hādodon mæssepreostas and diāconas, and fela ċircan ārǣrdon.

     They had with them many disciples, from whom they ordained priests and deacons, and founded many churches.

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: deken
  • English: deacon
• → Old Norse: djákni, djákn
  • Icelandic: djákni
  • Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
    • Swedish: djäkne

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic диꙗконъ (dijakonŭ), from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). (compare Russian диа́кон (diákon)).

• IPA^(key): /diˈa.kon/

diacon m (plural diaconi)

1. deacon :
   1. (Christianity, historical) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
   2. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.

• DER via “diacon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Inherited from Middle Welsh diacon, from Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

diacon m (plural diaconiaid, feminine diacones)

1. (Christianity) deaconess

   Synonyms: (Protestantism) blaenor, henuriad

• diaconiaeth (“diaconate”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “diacon”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diacon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies