Vocabulary : Dazzlingly to Deaconry

Dazzlingly : In a dazzling manner.
De- : A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
De bene esse : Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
De facto : Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
De jure : By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.

De rigueur : According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required.
Deacon : An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church. ;; The chairman of an incorporated company. ;; To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. ;; With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
Deaconess : A female deacon ;; One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. ;; A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. ;; A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
Deaconhood : The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
Deaconry : See Deaconship.

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