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   deaconess
   [n] - a woman deacon
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=deaconess
   
   
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   Deaconess
   Dea'con·ess noun (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....
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/10
   
   
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   deaconess
   A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. ... A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
   Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?deaconess
   
   
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   deaconess
   noun a woman deacon
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=deaconess
   
   
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   Deaconess
   • (n.) A female deacon • (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. • (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. • (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/deaconess/
   
   
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   Deaconess
   Deaconess is a non-clerical order in some Christian denominations which sees to the care of women in the community. That word comes from a Greek word diakonos (διακονος) as well as deacon, which means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible. Dea...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaconess
   
   
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   deaconess
   1) A woman deacon 2) Deacon 3) Female church worker 4) Protestant church position 5) Protestant deacon
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/deaconess/1
   
   

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