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Definition of diakonisse in German English dictionary
- deaconess
- 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
- A woman set apart for church work by a bishop
- a female religious official, in some Christian churches, who is just below the rank of a priest
- A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists
- a woman deacon
- A female deacon One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons
- [church] A female deacon; aided with women of the faith This order did not last long
- {i} female assistant to the minister of a church