Meaning of deaconess-house | Babel Free
Definitions
A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.
Equivalents
Examples
“At the age of twenty (in June 1905), I began working as a probationer nurse at the Halle Deaconess House, as I had now reached the required age.”
“Some years later, the famine of 1867 gave a flying start⟳ to the deaconess-house in Helsinki. Aurora Karamsin was to fulfill two goals, one was to meet⟳ the need⟳ for care for the poor and sick, the other was to provide⟳ women, including those from the educated classes, with an opportunity for “self-sacrificing work⟳ in the service of humanity”.”
“The first of the Conferences was held in 1861, just twenty-five years after the founding of the first deaconess house at Kaiserwerth.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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