deaconess
Meaning
- A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
- (rare) A female 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.
Synonyms
Translations
diaconisa
diaconesse
Diakonisse Diakonin
diacones
diaconisa
الشمّاسة
kadın diyakoz
diaconessa Diakonissin
διακόνισσα
deaconessa
diaconissaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.
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