6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun a Protestant layman who assists the minister
noun a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
origin* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0