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Noun Concept
Categories: Christianity and women, Ecclesiastical titles, Anglican ecclesiastical offices, Wesleyan/Methodist ecclesiastical offices, Deaconesses
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deaconess  deaconesses
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The ministry of a deaconess is a usually non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and which may carry a limited liturgical role. Wikipedia
professional church-workers, trained to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ through works of mercy, spiritual care, and teaching the Christian faith Wikidata
One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor. Wiktionary
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