diaconate Hear it!

diaconate definition

di·aco·nate (dī ak′ə nit, -nāt′; also-, dē-)

noun

  1. the rank, office, or tenure of a deacon
  2. a group or board of deacons

Etymology: LL(Ec) diaconatus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.