deaconess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
A female deacon.
A female servant in the early Christian church.
The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

/ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deaconess.wav

deaconess deaconesses

Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.

deaconry deaconship diaconal diaconate

deaconess-house deaconess house

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