Definition of "deaconesses" [deaconesses]

• Plural form of deaconess. (noun)

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• "The role of deacons/deaconesses is different in the early church then now."
• "This "powerful arm of Christian work" not only rescues helpless little ones from degradation and misery; it undertakes the special training of the workers amongst the children in industrial homes and orphanages; and hence has arisen the institution in 1895 of the order of Methodist deaconesses, which is recommended by"
• "On this account I believed it the more necessary to find out from two maid-servants, who were called deaconesses"