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deaconry

[dee-kuhn-ree] / ˈdi kən ri /




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He enters its lower ranks, the deaconry, for example, at puberty.

From Time Magazine Archive

But sober second thought, that ought always and specially to attach itself to the deaconry, was apparently at a premium in our town.

From Children of the Tenements by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

At the end of the 4th century Pope Anastasius had founded deaconries in Rome, and endowed them largely “to meet the frequent demands of the diaconate.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

And Adrian ordered that in all the monasteries, and the twenty-eight titular churches, and the seven deaconries of Rome, every day perpetual prayers should be offered for victory to the Franks.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.




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