助じょ祭さい

noun

deacon (Catholic)

Specifically a Catholic deacon, a clerical rank below a priest. Compare 執事 (deacon in Protestant churches, or butler/steward).

See also: 執事

• 彼かれはカトリック教きょう会かいの助じょ祭さいに叙じょ階かいされた。

  He was ordained as a deacon in the Catholic Church.