| 单词 | deaconess |
| 释义 | deaconess /dee"keuh nis/, n. 1. (in certain Protestant churches) a woman belonging to an order or sisterhood dedicated to the care of the sick or poor or who is engaging in other social-service duties, as teaching or missionary work. 2. a woman elected by a church to assist the clergy. [1530-40; earlier deaconisse, part trans., part adoption of LL diaconissa, fem. of diaconus DEACON; see -ESS] Usage. See -ess. |
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