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单词 deaconess
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deaconess
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdiː.kəˈnes/us
/ˈdiː.kən.əs/
in someChurches, a woman whoperformsparticulardutiesbut who is not adeacon
（某些宗教团体的）女性工作人员
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(Definition ofdeaconessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • She thinks we're sure to be deaconesses, at the very least.
  • Some churches did ordain women as pastors over congregations of their own, others elected women deaconesses, and a few churches allowed women, as delegates, to sit in their conferences.
  • The Sisters Evelyn and Miriam, who organized much of this work, were Wesley deaconesses employed in South Africa.
  • The deaconesses date from the first century of the church.
  • There came one day for consultation a very healthy-looking woman, a deaconess of the Lutheran Church.

Examplesofdeaconess

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Older scholarship wrongly assumed that women were deaconesses, rather than deacons, from the very beginning.
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To all intents and purposes, deaconesses already carry out all the functions of deacons except marriage, which deacons hardly ever carry out anyway.
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We must emphasise the very real contribution that deaconesses are making in that way.
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It enables deaconesses, who now exercise their ministry as laywomen, to be ordained as deacons, not as priests.
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Deaconesses already have the authority to conduct burial services.
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He said, quite rightly, that this development is part of a process which began in 1861 when the first deaconesses were authorised.
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Onedeaconess, now aged 85, retired in 1960 after 42 years of service.
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In the case of the minister and thedeaconessit is their livelihood and ability to remain in the calling.
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The protection is confined to those coming in prior to this date and to those who preach—the ministers, deaconesses or the local preachers.
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I too, have received letters from constituents, including deaconesses who are serving in very deprived parishes.
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Many deaconesses know engaged couples much better than the priest who will marry them.
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In addition, however, they are also fulfilling the role of deaconesses as full-time parish workers and church social workers.
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The major function which deaconesses cannot perform at present and which differentiates them from the deacons is officiation at a marriage.
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There are about 16 deaconesses who cannot become deacons because they married a divorced partner.
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The decision is also awaited by many women who are not deaconesses but members of congregations, and women who are not members of congregations.
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