deacon

助祭、執事

司祭の下の位にあり、礼拝や教会の仕事を助ける聖職者。

やさしい英語で： A church minister below a priest who helps with services and other church work.

• The deacon helped during the service.
• She was ordained as a deacon last year.
• Our parish has two deacons who visit sick people.

よく使う表現： ordain a deacon, parish deacon, serve as deacon

乳牛の雄の子牛

乳用種の雄の子牛で、昔は生まれてすぐに殺されることが多かった。

やさしい英語で： A male calf from a dairy breed, traditionally killed soon after birth.

• The farmer called the male calf a deacon.
• A newborn deacon lay beside the dairy cow.
• The old farm records list several deacons sold that spring.

類義語： bull calf

よく使う表現： newborn deacon, deacon calf, sell a deacon

会長

法人として設立された会社を率いる人。

やさしい英語で： The person who leads an incorporated company.

• The company elected a new deacon.
• Its deacon chaired the annual meeting.
• The deacon signed the documents for the incorporated company.

類義語： chairman, chair

よく使う表現： company deacon, elect a deacon, deacon of something

執事、助祭

初期のキリスト教会で、困窮者への援助をまとめるために選ばれた人。

やさしい英語で： A person chosen in the early Christian church to organize help for people in need.

• The deacon distributed food to widows.
• Early deacons helped care for poor members of the church.
• The community chose a deacon to organize charitable work.

よく使う表現： early church deacon, appoint a deacon, deacon serving widows

助祭に叙階する

人を正式に、司祭の下の位の聖職者に任命する。

やさしい英語で： To officially make someone a church minister of the rank below priest.

• The bishop will deacon him on Sunday.
• She was deaconed before joining the parish.
• They deaconed two candidates during the service.

類義語： ordain as a deacon

よく使う表現： deacon someone, deacon a candidate

生まれたばかりの子牛を殺す

生まれて間もない子牛を殺す。

やさしい英語で： To kill a calf soon after it is born.

• The farmer used to deacon male calves.
• The calf was deaconed soon after birth.
• That old dairy practice involved deaconing unwanted calves.

類義語： slaughter

よく使う表現： deacon a calf, deacon newborn calves

良い果物を上に並べる

下の傷んだ果物を隠すため、容器の上に良い果物を並べる。

やさしい英語で： To put good fruit on top of a container to hide poor or rotten fruit underneath.

• The seller deaconed the barrel of apples.
• He was caught deaconing fruit before the market opened.
• They deacon the crates to hide bruised fruit underneath.

よく使う表現： deacon a barrel, deacon the apples

不正に改変する、混ぜ物をする

人をだますため、土地の境界や売り物をひそかに変える。

やさしい英語で： To secretly change land boundaries or goods for sale in order to cheat someone.

• He deaconed the boundaries to enlarge his field.
• The merchant deaconed the goods before offering them for sale.
• They accused him of deaconing the property line.

類義語： doctor, tamper with

よく使う表現： deacon the boundaries, deacon the goods