deaconess
noun/ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/US
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.
- inherited from dekenesse
Definitions
A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
A female deacon.
A female servant in the early Christian church.
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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.
The neighborhood
- neighbordeaconry
- neighbordeaconship
- neighbordiaconal
- neighbordiaconate
Derived
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