Deacon

"Deacon" in Japanese

助祭

josai

(clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

執事

shitsuji

(designated minister of charity in the early Church)

執事

shitsuji

(clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

執事

shitsuji

(lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

輔祭

hosai

(clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

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