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diaconate

/dahy-ak-uh-nit, -neyt/US // daɪˈæk ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt //UK // (daɪˈækənɪt, -ˌneɪt) //

执事会,执事,执事长,执事会成员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the office or dignity of a deacon.
    • : a body of deacons.

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Examples

  • 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.