Deaconing

What do we mean by deaconing?

For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.

(animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.

To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

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