deaconess means A non-clerical role for women in some churches. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
deaconess is pronounced /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/.
noun
- A non-clerical role for women in some churches.
- A female deacon.
- A female servant in the early Christian church.
- The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
- One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.