deaconess

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/    美 /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
  2. A female deacon. rare
  3. A female servant in the early Christian church.
  4. The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
  5. One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

词形变化

deaconesses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
deaconess-house deaconess house
相关词
deaconry deaconship diaconal diaconate
并列词
deacon

词源

Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess.
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