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diaconate

[ dahy-ak-uh-nit, -neyt ]

noun

  1. the office or dignity of a deacon.
  2. a body of deacons.


diaconate

/ daɪˈækənɪt; -ˌneɪt /

noun

  1. the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diaconate1

From the Late Latin word diāconātus, dating back to 1720–30. See deacon, -ate 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diaconate1

C17: from Late Latin diāconātus; see deacon
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Example Sentences

Yet he simultaneously distinguished these lay ministerial roles from the “ordained” ministries of the priesthood and diaconate, which remain male-only.

Hence the revival of the female diaconate in its multiplication of sisterhoods.

It might well be made a text-book for candidates for the diaconate, or at least in theological colleges.

He had been deposed from the diaconate and from the priesthood for his immoral and lewd life.

The bishop had admitted him to the diaconate in Sydney, and now at Paihia ordained him to the priesthood.

It was then but very seldom that a man chosen to the diaconate abandoned it for a higher function.

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