Usually means: Female helper in Christian church.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 27 dictionaries that define the word deaconess:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. deaconess: Merriam-Webster
  2. deaconess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deaconess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deaconess: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deaconess: Vocabulary.com
  6. Deaconess, deaconess: Wordnik
  7. deaconess: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. deaconess: Wiktionary
  9. deaconess: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. deaconess: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. deaconess: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Deaconess, deaconess: Dictionary.com
  13. Deaconess: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Deaconess: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. deaconess: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. deaconess: Rhymezone
  17. Deaconess: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. deaconess: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. deaconess: FreeDictionary.org
  20. deaconess: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. deaconess: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. deaconess: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Deaconess: Easton Bible
  2. Deaconess: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A female deacon (Anglican).
noun:  A female servant in the early Christian church.
noun:  The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
noun:  One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to deaconess

Usage examples for deaconess

Idioms related to deaconess

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing deaconess

Words that often appear near deaconess

Rhymes of deaconess

Invented words related to deaconess

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux