deaconess

Etymology

 * equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A female deacon (Anglican).
 * 2) A female servant in the early Christian church.
 * 3) The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
 * 4) One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: bandeagánach
 * Italian:
 * Latin: diaconissa
 * Maltese: djakonessa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: diakonisse
 * Nynorsk: diakonisse
 * Portuguese:, diácona
 * Spanish: diaconisa, diácona
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διάκονος
 * Irish: bandeagánach
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: diakonisse
 * Nynorsk: diakonisse
 * Spanish: diaconisa, diácona
 * Swedish: