deaconessn.

Brit.

/diːkəˈnɛs/,

/ˈdiːkənᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdikənəs/

Forms: 1500s decon-, diacon-, 1500s–1600s deaconisse, 1600s diaconness, deaconness, 1700s– deaconess.

Etymology: < deacon n.¹ + -ess suffix¹, formed after medieval Latin diāconissa, feminine of diāconus: compare French diaconisse (14–18th cent.), now usually diaconesse.

1. Ecclesiastical.

a. The name of an order of women in the early church, ‘who appear to have undertaken duties in reference to their own sex analogous to those performed by the deacons among men’ ( Dict. Christian Antiq.).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun] > female

deaconessa1536

deaconess1617

a1536 W. Tyndale Wks. 250 (R.) Phebe the deaconisse of the church of Cenchris.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 89 There were created deaconisses, not to delite God with singing and wyth mumbling not vnderstanded..but that they should execute publike ministration towarde the poore.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. iii. 11 The Deaconnesses that then were appointed to some Care of Women, which Men were less fit for.

1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 100 The office of Deaconesses was..especially to attend women in the Baptistery, undressing and dressing them again.

1847 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae III. p. xcv (note) The deaconesses of the primitive ages..their functions being..limited to the performance of mere secular duties, such as visiting the sick, and catechizing women.

1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) [Deaconesses] were employed in assisting at the baptism of women..In the tenth century the office was extinct in the West..At Constantinople the office survived till 1190.

b. Also, in some modern churches, of an order of women having functions parallel to those of the deacons in the same, or intermediate between these and those of the women in sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun] > female

deaconessa1536

deaconess1617

1617 F. Johnson Christian Plea xx. 317 To the Elders..that rule the Church; and to the Deacons and Deaconesses that serve and minister therein.

a1657 W. Bradford Dial. in N. Morton New Eng. Mem. (1855) 355 They had..one ancient widow for a deaconess..She usually sat..in the congregation, with a little birchen rod in her hand, and kept little children in great awe from disturbing the congregation. She did frequently visit the sick and weak, especially women.

1892 Bk. Ch. of Scotl. 33 Women who being able to make Christian work the chief object of their lives..having passed throught two years' training and service in connection with our Homes in Edinburgh or Glasgow, may apply to be set apart as Deaconesses by their kirk-sessions and presbyteries, and will then..be expected to go to any part of Scotland where they may be required, there to work under the supervision of minister and kirk-session.

1893 Brit. Weekly 30 Nov. 88/2 Miss Hargreave was a deaconess of Carr's Lane Church, and has been of great service in many ways.

2. The name taken by certain Protestant orders of women with aims similar to those of Sisters of Mercy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] > female > belonging to religious order

deaconess1867

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 102 The Kaiserswerth Deaconesses..have a school, hospital, and dispensary near the English Protestant Church.

1871 Daily News 4 Nov. The Deaconesses' Institute prides itself upon being ‘evangelically Protestant’.

1890 Whitaker's Almanack 276 General Hospitals—(No. 7) Deaconesses' Institution and Training Hospital, Tottenham.

3. A deacon's wife.Apparently an isolated use.

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1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 497/1 Deacon and deaconess dropped away.

Compounds

In combinations.

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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 2/1 A deaconess-house was opened.

1893 Church Times 27 Jan. 81/1 The deaconess-widows, and the widows of the higher clergy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deaconess
释义	deaconessn. Brit. /diːkəˈnɛs/, /ˈdiːkənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdikənəs/ Forms: 1500s decon-, diacon-, 1500s–1600s deaconisse, 1600s diaconness, deaconness, 1700s– deaconess. Etymology: < deacon n.¹ + -ess suffix¹, formed after medieval Latin diāconissa, feminine of diāconus: compare French diaconisse (14–18th cent.), now usually diaconesse. 1. Ecclesiastical. a. The name of an order of women in the early church, ‘who appear to have undertaken duties in reference to their own sex analogous to those performed by the deacons among men’ ( Dict. Christian Antiq.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun] > female deaconessa1536 deaconess1617 a1536 W. Tyndale Wks. 250 (R.) Phebe the deaconisse of the church of Cenchris. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 89 There were created deaconisses, not to delite God with singing and wyth mumbling not vnderstanded..but that they should execute publike ministration towarde the poore. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. iii. 11 The Deaconnesses that then were appointed to some Care of Women, which Men were less fit for. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 100 The office of Deaconesses was..especially to attend women in the Baptistery, undressing and dressing them again. 1847 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae III. p. xcv (note) The deaconesses of the primitive ages..their functions being..limited to the performance of mere secular duties, such as visiting the sick, and catechizing women. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) [Deaconesses] were employed in assisting at the baptism of women..In the tenth century the office was extinct in the West..At Constantinople the office survived till 1190. b. Also, in some modern churches, of an order of women having functions parallel to those of the deacons in the same, or intermediate between these and those of the women in sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > [noun] > female deaconessa1536 deaconess1617 1617 F. Johnson Christian Plea xx. 317 To the Elders..that rule the Church; and to the Deacons and Deaconesses that serve and minister therein. a1657 W. Bradford Dial. in N. Morton New Eng. Mem. (1855) 355 They had..one ancient widow for a deaconess..She usually sat..in the congregation, with a little birchen rod in her hand, and kept little children in great awe from disturbing the congregation. She did frequently visit the sick and weak, especially women. 1892 Bk. Ch. of Scotl. 33 Women who being able to make Christian work the chief object of their lives..having passed throught two years' training and service in connection with our Homes in Edinburgh or Glasgow, may apply to be set apart as Deaconesses by their kirk-sessions and presbyteries, and will then..be expected to go to any part of Scotland where they may be required, there to work under the supervision of minister and kirk-session. 1893 Brit. Weekly 30 Nov. 88/2 Miss Hargreave was a deaconess of Carr's Lane Church, and has been of great service in many ways. 2. The name taken by certain Protestant orders of women with aims similar to those of Sisters of Mercy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] > female > belonging to religious order deaconess1867 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 102 The Kaiserswerth Deaconesses..have a school, hospital, and dispensary near the English Protestant Church. 1871 Daily News 4 Nov. The Deaconesses' Institute prides itself upon being ‘evangelically Protestant’. 1890 Whitaker's Almanack 276 General Hospitals—(No. 7) Deaconesses' Institution and Training Hospital, Tottenham. 3. A deacon's wife.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 497/1 Deacon and deaconess dropped away. Compounds In combinations. ΚΠ 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 2/1 A deaconess-house was opened. 1893 Church Times 27 Jan. 81/1 The deaconess-widows, and the widows of the higher clergy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1536
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