Diaconate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.]
     The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of
     deacons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, a.
     Governed by deacons. "Diaconate church." --T. Goodwin.
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