单词	deaconess
释义	deaconess noun dea·​con·​ess ˈdē-kə-nəs  : a woman chosen to assist in the church ministry specifically : one in a Protestant order Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The virus also claimed the life of Shirley Miller, 70, a deaconess who assisted with baptisms and communion. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020 Today, the deaconesses can again access their own cemetery and visit the graves of their sisters. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 But the pope asked some skeptical questions at the assembly about whether the responsibilities of deaconesses in the early church were more circumscribed than those of male deacons. Elisabetta Povoledo And Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 12 May 2016 Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above deaconess noun as in deacon Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance deacon clergyman priestess bishop presbyter dean clergywoman pastor churchman priest preacher archbishop reverend clerical pope abbot diocesan rector padre archpriest prelate vicar monsignor chaplain parson dominie minister divine ecclesiastic father missionary clergyperson clerk curé cleric abbé shepherd missioner confessor curate Holy Joe revivalist evangelist monastic religious monk friar mendicant oblate sky pilot missionizer high priestess high priest Antonyms & Near Antonyms layman layperson secular lector lay reader
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