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deaconess (iou)



deaconess noun. Also (esp. as a title) Deaconess. LME.
[from DEACON noun + -ESS1, after Latin diaconissa.]
Christian Church.
a. In the early Church, a woman performing diaconal duties among other women. LME.
b. In some modern Churches, a woman with functions analogous to those of a deacon. E17.
(Deaconess.) A member of any of several Protestant orders of women, with educational and charitable aims. M19.
A deacon's wife. rare. M19.