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A woman deacon
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deaconess
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deaconess \Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. A woman chosen as a helper in church ...
WordNet
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n. a woman deacon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An elderly deaconess who refused to denounce her faith during a riot against Christians. ▪ Because my grandmother was active in the church and had been a deaconess , she knew a lot of people. ▪ Later while training as a deaconess ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 A female deacon. 2 A female servant in the early Christian church.
Wikipedia
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The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women. The term is also applied to some women deacons in the early church. The word comes from ...
Usage examples of deaconess.
The dressing and dancing and flirting tire me so, and then, you know what Arthur said about taking me for his deaconess in your place.
As bead deaconess, I would be delighted to welcome you to my home for lunch.
Elliott, a graduate nurse, and deaconess, will join the staff shortly, and a few others will be sent when secured, in order that the force may be sufficient to evangelize the million people in north Formosa.
Parma Hospital, where she worked, and instead had to go to Deaconess, where she used to work.
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.