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Grammar : Noun

Spell : dahy-ak-uh-nit, -neyt

Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈæk ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt

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Définition of diaconate

As in priesthood : noun clergy
As in clergy : noun ministry of church

Example sentences :

The diaconate, the presbyter, priest or elder, and the επισκοπος or bishop.
Extract from : « Mysticism and its Results » by John Delafield

Let us examine the requirements for the diaconate of the early Church.
Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft

There was no historian of the diaconate of the early Church.
Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft

At the Diaconate school there was a fellow who wrote verses; and what has become of him?
Extract from : « Walter Pieterse » by Multatuli

During the last days of my diaconate, grace, no doubt, enlightened me.
Extract from : « The Village Rector » by Honore de Balzac

Those who had been called “managers” were now elected to the diaconate, and new men were added to the number.
Extract from : « Congregationalism in the Court Suburb » by John Stoughton

So early do well-taught Yankee children develop one qualification for the diaconate.
Extract from : « A Rambler's lease » by Bradford Torrey

That system was adopted probably about the middle of the 3rd century, but in Rome the diaconate probably remained centralized.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various

Leontius intended his diaconate to be a means of propagating Arianism.
Extract from : « The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March » by Sabine Baring-Gould

These are some of the qualifications spoken of as belonging to the diaconate, and are the same in application to either sex.
Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft

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