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diaconal, a.|daɪˈækənəl|
[ad. late L. diāconāl-is, f. diāconus deacon: cf. F. diaconal (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of or belonging to a deacon (in various senses of the word).
1611Cotgr., Diaconal, Diaconall; of, or belonging to a deacon. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 176 The Matter of the Diaconal Ordination. 1863J. M. Ludlow Sisterhoods in Gd. Words 494 A large development..of what I may call the natural diaconal functions of women. 1866F. G. Lee Direct. Angl. (ed. 3) 3 Being about to execute a diaconal function. |