"deaconess" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/ [General-American, UK] Forms: deaconesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dekenesse}} Middle English dekenesse, {{suffix|en|deacon|ess}} deacon + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} deaconess (plural deaconesses)
  1. A female deacon (Anglican). Categories (topical): Female Translations (female deacon): diakonissa (Finnish), diaconesse [feminine] (French), Diakonin [feminine] (German), Diakonisse [feminine] (German), Diakonissin [feminine] (German), διακόνισσα (diakónissa) [feminine] (Greek), bandeagánach [masculine] (Irish), diaconessa [feminine] (Italian), diaconissa [feminine] (Latin), djakonessa [feminine] (Maltese), diaconisa [feminine] (Portuguese), diácona [feminine] (Portuguese), diaconisa [feminine] (Spanish), diakonissa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deaconess-en-noun-qz0UpTGP Disambiguation of Female: 47 43 2 8 Disambiguation of 'female deacon': 66 26 4 4
  2. A female servant in the early Christian church. Categories (topical): Female Translations (female servant): διάκονος (diákonos) (english: Romans 16:1) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), diakonissa (Finnish), bandeagánach [masculine] (Irish), diaconisa [feminine] (Spanish), diakonissa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deaconess-en-noun-815CgnDc Disambiguation of Female: 47 43 2 8 Disambiguation of 'female servant': 36 59 1 3
  3. The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
    Sense id: en-deaconess-en-noun-eYT6TOH~
  4. One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
    Sense id: en-deaconess-en-noun-Rq~HkH7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ess Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 10 12 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 7 10 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 8 11 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 29 10 14 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deaconess-house, deaconess house Related terms: deaconry, deaconship, diaconal, diaconate Coordinate_terms: deacon

Inflected forms

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