Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diaconate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.]
The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of
deacons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, a.
Governed by deacons. ``Diaconate church.'' --T. Goodwin.
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