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Deaconess

Noun CEFR B2
ˌdiːkəˈnɛs

Definitions

  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.

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

deaconess-house deaconhood deaconry Deacons deaconship deacquisition

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