deaconry

[ dee-kuhn-ree ]

noun

, plural dea·con·ries.

1. the office of a deacon.
2. deacons collectively.

deaconry

/ ˈdiːkənrɪ /

noun

1. the office or status of a deacon
2. deacons collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of deaconry¹

First recorded in 1425–75, deaconry is from the late Middle English word dekenry. See deacon, -ry

Example Sentences

Jesus did not make a sacrament either of marriage or of deaconry; and, with us, marriage and deaconry are sacraments.

From Project Gutenberg

He enters its lower ranks, the deaconry, for example, at puberty.

From Time Magazine Archive

But sober second thought, that ought always and specially to attach itself to the deaconry, was apparently at a premium in our town.

From Project Gutenberg

As the townsmen became the electors of the minister, and when the new latitude in membership had been accepted by the churches, there soon appeared a growing slackness of discipline and also an increase of authority in the hands of the ministers and their subordinate deaconry.

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But in a little time the Trepan called himself John Poulter, adding withal that Judge Morton used to call him John for the King, and that the Archbishop of Canterbury had given him a deaconry. 

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