Noun
A female deacon
One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBeatrice Sharpton Cottle, 89, of Benton passed away Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, 2020 at the Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. Source: Internet
It will pave the way for a much more rapid advancement of the COVID vaccine field," said Dr. Dan Barouch, a vaccine expert at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and one of the researchers behind the new study. Source: Internet
"Ordaining" women as deaconesses is not a possibility in any sacramental sense of the diaconate, for a deaconess is not simply a woman who is a deacon but instead holds a position of lay service. Source: Internet
He was educated at Harvard University (graduating magna cum laude) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and did his medical training at the New England Deaconess Hospital. Source: Internet
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital is planing a health fair for October 16th at the Civic Center in Glasgow. Source: Internet
Husband and wives are fighting at home, because the wife, a deaconess in Church, spends the whole day in Church (doing church stuff - holy gossip) while the unbelieving husband starve at home, yet she'll claim "I'm doing god's work" - I don't think so. Source: Internet