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BNC: 44411 COCA: 31018

deaconess

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deaconess /ˈdiːkənəs/ noun
plural deaconesses
deaconess
/ˈdiːkənəs/
noun
plural deaconesses
Learner's definition of DEACONESS
[count]
: a woman in some Christian churches who has special duties : a female deacon(基督教的)女执事
BNC: 44411 COCA: 31018

deaconess

noun

dea·​con·​ess ˈdē-kə-nəs How to pronounce deaconess (audio)
: a woman chosen to assist in the church ministry
specifically : one in a Protestant order

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The virus also claimed the life of Shirley Miller, 70, a deaconess who assisted with baptisms and communion. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020 Today, the deaconesses can again access their own cemetery and visit the graves of their sisters. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 But the pope asked some skeptical questions at the assembly about whether the responsibilities of deaconesses in the early church were more circumscribed than those of male deacons. Elisabetta Povoledo And Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 12 May 2016

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of deaconess was in the 15th century
BNC: 44411 COCA: 31018

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