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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.
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