deaconess
Woman church helper
A deaconess is a woman holding a service role in certain Christian churches, historically involving charitable work, teaching, or assisting with baptisms.
The position's authority and duties vary widely by denomination—some churches ordain deaconesses as clergy, others treat the role as lay service.
She served as a deaconess for thirty years.
Feminine name meaning radiant
- early churchFirst-century Christian communities
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- widowsSurviving female spouses
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
sisterhood · revival · nineteenth century · Lutheran · Anglican · Methodist · motherhouse · institution
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- laying on of handsRitual healing through touch
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
- installationProcess of putting in
clergy · ministry · apostolic · anointing · vestment · stole · calling · vocation
Voluntary aid for others
- outreachProactive community assistance
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
care · benevolence · compassion · nursing · welfare · relief · poor relief · widows
Place of Christian worship
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- altarSacred ritual table
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- parishLocal church community
diocese · synod · pulpit · congregation · sacristy · lectern · chancel · sanctuary
Adult female human
- sisterFemale sibling
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- motherFemale parent
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
women's ministry · sisterhood · feminine · lady · religious life · habit · community · celibacy
Phoebe
Feminine name meaning radiant
- early churchFirst-century Christian communities
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- widowsSurviving female spouses
order · sisterhood · revival · nineteenth century · Lutheran · Anglican · Methodist · motherhouse · institution · restoration
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- laying on of handsRitual healing through touch
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
installation · clergy · ministry · apostolic · anointing · vestment · stole · calling · vocation · service
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- outreachProactive community assistance
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
almsgiving · care · benevolence · compassion · nursing · welfare · relief · poor relief · widows · orphans
church
Place of Christian worship
parish · diocese · synod · pulpit · congregation · sacristy · lectern · chancel · sanctuary · gospel
woman
Adult female human
matron · women's ministry · sisterhood · feminine · lady · religious life · habit · community · celibacy
- Christian serviceministry, service, serving, serving others, deaconship
- church rolesbishop, priest, pastor, lay readers, altar girl
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- clergywomenpriestess, abbess, prioress, novice, postulant
- religious peoplebeliever, devotee, faithful, worshiper, worshipper
- religious womennun, sister, abbess, prioress, novice
deaconessbishop
Diocesan clergy head
archbishop · pope · cardinal · priest · patriarch
deaconesslayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
laywoman · congregant · parishioner · layman · churchgoer