diaconal
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Arthur Masterman had long ago come to regard those diaconal high teas with a kind of sombre merriment.
From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson
But the great community with its common table, its diaconal services, its varied exercises, ceased from that time, and was never reformed upon its first model.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
He had quite a patriarchal air, a manner that might be termed diaconal, and a suave and insinuating voice.
From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson
The widows were soon entrusted with diaconal tasks connected with the worship, and received a corresponding respect.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
In the sixth century it is enumerated among diaconal churches.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
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