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deaconess
UK /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/ US /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
2
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.
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