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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dea·con·ess       [dee-kuh-nis] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(in certain Protestant churches) a woman belonging to an order or sisterhood dedicated to the care of the sick or poor or who is engaging in other social-service duties, as teaching or missionary work.
2.a woman elected by a church to assist the clergy.
[Origin: 1530–40; earlier deaconisse, part trans., part adoption of LL diāconissa, fem. of diāconus deacon; see -ess]

—Usage note See -ess.
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dea·con·ess       (dē'kə-nĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A Protestant woman who assists the minister in various functions.
  2. Used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a woman: Deaconess Brown.

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deaconess

noun
a woman deacon 

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Deaconess

Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Deaconess

Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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