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deaconess-houses

deaconess-houses is the plural of deaconess-house.

Meaning of deaconess-house

Noun

deaconess-house (plural deaconess-houses)

  1. (historical) A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.
    • At the age of twenty (in June 1905), I began working as a probationer nurse at the Halle Deaconess House, as I had now reached the required age.1999, Emmy Arnold, A Joyful Pilgrimage, Plough Publishing, published 1999, page 8

Questions about deaconess-houses

What is deaconess-houses the plural of?
Deaconess-houses is the plural of deaconess-house.

Words near deaconess-houses in the dictionary

  1. deaconate
  2. deaconates
  3. deaconed
  4. deaconess
  5. deaconess-house
  6. deaconess-houses
  7. deaconesses
  8. deaconhood
  9. deaconing
  10. deaconly
  11. deaconries

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