Welcome to Anagrammer Crossword Genius! Keep reading below to see if deaconess is an answer to any crossword puzzle or word game (Scrabble, Words With Friends etc). Scroll down to see all the info we have compiled on deaconess.
deaconess
Searching in Crosswords ...
The answer DEACONESS has 11 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
Searching in Word Games ...
The word DEACONESS is VALID in some board games. Check DEACONESS in word games in Scrabble, Words With Friends, see scores, anagrams etc.
Searching in Dictionaries ...
Definitions of deaconess in various dictionaries:
noun - a woman deacon
A Protestant woman who assists the minister in various functions.
Used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a woman: Deaconess Brown.
Word Research / Anagrams and more ...
Keep reading for additional results and analysis below.
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
|---|
| (in the early Church and some modern Churches) a woman with duties similar to those of a deacon. |
| a woman deacon |
| in some Churches, a woman who performs particular duties but who is not a deacon |
| A Protestant woman who assists the minister in various functions. |
| Used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a woman: Deaconess Brown. |
| Deaconess description |
|---|
| The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women. The term is also applied to some women deacons in the early church. The word comes from a Greek word, diakonos (), for "deacon", which means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible. Deaconesses trace their roots from the time of Jesus Christ through to the 13th century in the West. They existed from the early through the middle Byzantine periods in Constantinople and Jerusalem; the office may also have existed in Western European churches. There is evidence to support the idea that the diaconate including women in the Byzantine Church of the early and middle Byzantine periods was recognized as one of the major orders of clergy.A modern resurgence of the office began among Protestants in Germany in the 1840s and spread through Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Britain and the United |