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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deaconess \Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: a (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. b (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. c A woman chosen as a helper in church work as among the Congregationalists. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deaconess n : a woman deacon From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Deaconess Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).
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