"deaconess" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/ [General-American, UK] Forms: deaconesses [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|dekenesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English dekenesse, {{inh+|en|enm|dekenesse}} Inherited from Middle English dekenesse, {{suf|en|deacon|ess<id:female>}} deacon + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} deaconess (plural deaconesses)
  1. (Christianity) A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
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  2. (Christianity, rare) A female deacon. Tags: rare Translations (female deacon): diakonissa (Finnish), diaconesse [feminine] (French), diaconisse [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), diakonisse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diakonisse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), diaconisa [feminine] (Portuguese), diácona [feminine] (Portuguese), diaconisa [feminine] (Spanish), diácona [feminine] (Spanish), diakonissa [common-gender] (Swedish), diacones [feminine] (Welsh), blaenores [feminine] [Protestantism, Christianity] (Welsh)
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  3. A female servant in the early Christian church. Translations (female servant): διάκονος (diákonos) (english: Romans 16:1) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), diakonissa (Finnish), diaconesse [feminine] (French), diaconisse [feminine] (French), bandeagánach [masculine] (Irish), diakonisse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diakonisse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), diaconisa [feminine] (Spanish), diácona [feminine] (Spanish), diakonissa [common-gender] (Swedish), diacones [feminine] (Welsh), blaenores [feminine] [Protestantism, Christianity] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-deaconess-en-noun-815CgnDc Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 6 48 41 0 6 Disambiguation of 'female servant': 1 36 59 1 3
  4. The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
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  5. One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deaconess-house, deaconess house Related terms: deaconry, deaconship, diaconal, diaconate Coordinate_terms: deacon

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