deaconhoodn.
/ˈdiːkənhʊd/ 1. The office of a deacon: see deacon n.1 1b, 3.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Tim. Prol. The ordynaunce of byschophood, and of the dekenehood.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 332 Dekenhode was profitable to his clergie.
2. A body of deacons collectively. (In modern dictionaries.)
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