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DEACONESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deaconess mean?
• DEACONESS (noun)
The noun DEACONESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman deacon
Familiarity information: DEACONESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman deacon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deaconess" is a kind of...):
deacon; Protestant deacon (a Protestant layman who assists the minister)
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