deaconess
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/
Noun edit
deaconess (plural deaconesses)
- A female deacon (Anglican).
- 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.
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female deacon
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female servant
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