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deaconesses

deaconesses is the plural of deaconess.

Meaning of deaconess

Noun

deaconess (plural deaconesses)

  1. A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
  2. (rare) A female deacon.
  3. A female servant in the early Christian church.
  4. The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
  5. One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

Questions about deaconesses

What is deaconesses the plural of?
Deaconesses is the plural of deaconess.

Words near deaconesses in the dictionary

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

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