单词	deaconesses
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 deaconesses noun plural of deaconess as in priestesses Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance priestesses deacons clergymen clergywomen presbyters bishops churchmen priests archpriests preachers deans popes pastors prelates archbishops diocesans clericals abbots ecclesiastics clerics padres vicars monsignors chaplains rectors fathers divines missionaries parsons reverends confessors ministers clergypersons abbés curés dominies clerks missioners shepherds Holy Joes monks curates revivalists monsignori monastics friars oblates religious mendicants evangelists sky pilots missionizers high priests high priestesses Antonyms & Near Antonyms laymen laypeople secular seculars lectors lay readers
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