deaconess

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

nun

sister

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Vertalings

diaconisa

diaconesse

Diakonisse

Diakonin

diaconessa

diacones

diaconisa

الشمّاسة

kadın diyakoz

diaconessa

Diakonissin

διακόνισσα

deaconessa

diaconissa

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: dekenesse

In summary

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