deaconess
English
/ˌdiːkəˈnes/
noun
Definitions
- A female deacon.
- A female servant in the early Christian church.
- The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
- One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
Etymology
Suffix from English deacon.
Origin
English
deacon
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archdeacon English
- deacon English
- deaconhood English
- deaconly English
- deaconry English
- deaconship English
- protodeacon English
- diacon Old English
- diakona Malagasy