deaconess
deaconess · deaconesses
A non-clerical role for women in some churchesA non-clerical role for women in some churches.
/ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/
Meaning
5 sensesA non-clerical role for women in some churches.
(rare)A female deacon.
Diakonin, Diakonisse, Diakonissin
a woman 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.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
female deacon:
Origin
Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.
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Forms
plural: deaconesses| Singular | deaconess |
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