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Holy Orders is what makes a person a deacon! The Diaconite is one type of ordained priesthood, the lowest kind.

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I wouldn't say "lowest form" more like the most constrained or limited. It is in itself a vocation and level of priesthood, especially in the case of permanent deacons.

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