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Deaconesses

A female deacon.

📖 Definitions of "Deaconesses"

noun
  1. 1

    A female deacon.

  2. 2

    A female servant in the early Christian church.

  3. 3

    The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.

  4. 4

    One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

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