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deaconess::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deacon, protestant deacon |
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Deaconess was also a pioneer in organ transplantation and immunological research.
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In churches that now ordain women, the order of deaconess has largely died out.
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In addition to her rap ministry, Brown serves as a deaconess at the West Akron church.
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Upper and upper middle class women took the lead in the deaconess movement in Finland.
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I started out as an usher, and now I'm a deaconess, helping my church in any way I can.
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Deaconess had a leading role in the early studies of the cause, course and treatment of AIDS.
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She was a member of First Marietta Missionary Baptist Church, where she had served as a deaconess.
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Thus the order of deaconess was one of function, and not an office as that of deacon or priest.
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In 1836, Theodor and Friederike Fliedner founded the first deaconess house in Kaiserswerth on the Rhine.
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- A woman deacon
- The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a non-ordained ministry for women in some Christian churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women. The term is also applied to some women in the early church. The word comes from a Greek word, diakonos (u03B4u03B9u03ACu03BAu03BFu03BDu03BFu03C2), for "deacon", which means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible...
- A female deacon; A female servant in the early Christian church
- A pious lay woman assisting in the church as a caretaker or charity worker. The practice of using deaconesses in the Church was very ancient; however, it gradually disappeared.
