1. diaconate - Noun
2. diaconate - Adjective
The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.
Governed by deacons.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAcknowledging the essential role that the deacons’ wives and families play not only in formation but as partners in the diaconate ministry, Bishop Sirba thanked them for their faith and support. Source: Internet
Before the reforms of Vatican Council II and the restoration of the permanent diaconate, it was common for a priest to vest as a deacon at High Mass and perform the parts assigned for the deacon. Source: Internet
In our parishes, we may perceive that someone quite young or one considerably older might be called to priesthood, diaconate, religious life, lay ministry, or office in one of our organizations. Source: Internet
In the Roman Catholic Church, only men are permitted to be clerics, although in antiquity women were ordained to the diaconate. Source: Internet
Many of those provinces that ordain women to the priesthood previously allowed them to be ordained only to the diaconate. Source: Internet
Monks who have been ordained to the priesthood are called hieromonk (priest-monk); monks who have been ordained to the diaconate are called hierodeacon (deacon-monk). Source: Internet