a woman belonging to an order or sisterhood dedicated to the care of the sick or poor or who is engaging in other social-service duties, as teaching or missionary work.
a woman elected by a church to assist the clergy.
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Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren—where were they!
Still later the superintendent told me that she was a deaconess in New York, and was doing a great work.
"There he is," said the deaconess, pointing to an enormously tall man standing in the darkest and remotest corner of the hall.
The deaconess rose, pressed a kiss on the eyes of the dead youth, promised Eusebius that she would do her best and went away.
She would have joined a Deaconess' Institution but she did not care to leave her father.