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Webster 1913 Edition
Deaconess
Dea′con-ess
,Noun.
(Eccl.)
A female deacon
; as: (a)
(Primitive Ch.)
One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
(b)
(Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.)
A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
(c)
A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deaconess
DE'ACONESS
,Noun.
DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, n. The office, dignity or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
DEAD,
Definition 2024
deaconess
deaconess
English
Noun
deaconess (plural deaconesses)
Translations
female deacon
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female servant
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