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What is a deaconess?

What is a deaconess? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A female deacon.
  2. A female servant in the early Christian church.
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Harriet pushed her away and put her hand on his forehead, then nodded at the deaconess.
In the meeting of this past Lunar New Year, you heard the testimony of a deaconess who evangelized her mother-in-law.
The deaconess institutions have the good features, but have avoided the ill.
Vexing questions have arisen as to how the deaconess should be set apart to her work.
For example, one senior deaconess, who had been praying day and night since the beginning of the church passed away last year.
Behr-Sigel asks whether the ancient order of the deaconess could be restored since it has never been formally abolished in Orthodoxy.

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