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• (a.) Governed by deacons. • (n.) The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
the office of a deacon (q.v.), or a body or board of deacons.
In Greek, it means the service. Today the permanent diaconate has been reinstated and can be bestowed to both singles and married. With the diaconate one becomes part of the sacred ministers or clerics
Di·ac'o·nate noun [ Latin diaconatus : confer French diaconat .] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons. 
diaconate The position of deacon or deaconess, or the term of office of a deacon or deaconess.
the office or dignity of a deacon. · a body of deacons.