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Synonyms for diaconate


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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