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单词 deaconess
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dea•con•ess  (dē′kə nis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religion(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. Religiona woman elected by a church to assist the clergy.
  • 1530–40; earlier deaconisse, part translation, part adoption of Late Latin diāconissa, feminine of diāconus deacon; see -ess
    See -ess. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deaconess /ˈdiːkənɪs/ n
  1. (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
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