| 词汇 | deaconess |
| 释义 | deaconess noun[ C ] uk /ˌdiː.kəˈnes/ us /ˈdiː.kən.əs/ in some Churches, a woman who performs particular duties but who is not a deacon（某些宗教团体的）女性工作人员 Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon clerically confessor curacy curate minister ministry muezzin mullah non-clerical priestly primate rabbi rabbinical the Dalai Lama the priesthood She thinks we're sure to be deaconesses, at the very least. Some churches did ordain women as pastors over congregations of their own, others elected women deaconesses, and a few churches allowed women, as delegates, to sit in their conferences. The Sisters Evelyn and Miriam, who organized much of this work, were Wesley deaconesses employed in South Africa. The deaconesses date from the first century of the church. There came one day for consultation a very healthy-looking woman, a deaconess of the Lutheran Church. Examples of deaconessdeaconess Older scholarship wrongly assumed that women were deaconesses, rather than deacons, from the very beginning. To all intents and purposes, deaconesses already carry out all the functions of deacons except marriage, which deacons hardly ever carry out anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must emphasise the very real contribution that deaconesses are making in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It enables deaconesses, who now exercise their ministry as laywomen, to be ordained as deacons, not as priests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Deaconesses already have the authority to conduct burial services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said, quite rightly, that this development is part of a process which began in 1861 when the first deaconesses were authorised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One deaconess, now aged 85, retired in 1960 after 42 years of service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of the minister and the deaconess it is their livelihood and ability to remain in the calling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The protection is confined to those coming in prior to this date and to those who preach—the ministers, deaconesses or the local preachers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I too, have received letters from constituents, including deaconesses who are serving in very deprived parishes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many deaconesses know engaged couples much better than the priest who will marry them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, however, they are also fulfilling the role of deaconesses as full-time parish workers and church social workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The major function which deaconesses cannot perform at present and which differentiates them from the deacons is officiation at a marriage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are about 16 deaconesses who cannot become deacons because they married a divorced partner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The decision is also awaited by many women who are not deaconesses but members of congregations, and women who are not members of congregations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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