deaconship
- a word derived from deacon.
Example Sentences
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I myself raised him to a deaconship of our Monastery.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
The deaconship was, next election, bestowed upon Treasurer Kerr.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
They might possess spiritual gift independently altogether of their deaconship.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
It had happened during his last six months at the seminary, between his deaconship and priesthood.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
What name is given to sub-deaconship, deaconship and priesthood?
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
