deaconhood|ˈdiːkənhʊd| [-hood.] 1. The office of a deacon: see deacon n.1 1 b, 3. 1382Wyclif 1 Tim.Prol., The ordynaunce of byschophood, and of the dekenehood.c1449Pecock Repr. iii. ix. 332 Dekenhode was profitable to his clergie. 2. A body of deacons collectively. In mod. Dicts.