It is said that the office of deaconess existed in the Apostolic age, for St. Paul called Phoebe a servant or deaconess of the Church (Rom.
The deaconess was always a widow, who had had children, who had been only once married, and who was at least forty, fifty, or sixty years old.
The deaconess of to-day may be a graduate of such training schools for social workers as the Departments of Social Service and Social Science in the University of Toronto and McGill University.
The missionary and the deaconess may be regarded as forerunners in some sense to the modern social worker.
The Deaconess may be called the Marine of the Church's army, with one foot on sea and one on shore--only half a Worldling, yet not quite a Nun.
Not only in the United States, but also in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Canada, hundreds of young women are finding splendid scope for consecrated talents in this deaconess work.
Fliedner’s Deaconess Institute at Kaiserswerth is the pride of the evangelical church.
We know a case where a bishop, anxious to retain a Deaconess in a poor parish, was privately informed that her stay would depend on the appointment of a married clergyman to the vacant living.
The one lingering touch of feminine weakness in the Deaconess comes out in her relations with the clergy.
The Deaconess prides herself on not being "taken in.
The Deaconess has nothing but contempt for the mere "volunteer" movement in charity.
In 1861 Bishop Tait set apart Miss Elizabeth Ferard as a deaconess by the laying on of hands, and she became the first president of the London Deaconess Institution.
Thank you, Lucy; I think I must constitute you my deaconess when Miss Ruthven is gone.
The dressing and dancing and flirting tire me so, and then, you know what Arthur said about taking me for his deaconess in your place.
At Basle, there is a Deaconess House, under the charge of a daughter of a Basle manufacturer.
At Geneva, a deaconess has had charge for six years; through whom five hundred servants get their places, and with whom they find homes when out of health or work.
The question of an oyster sociable had been decided, and they got to talking about oysters, and one old deaconess asked a deacon if he didn't think raw oysters would go further, at a sociable, than stewed oysters.
Deacon Sypher wanted his wife to know at once that if she wuzn't married she could have become a deaconess under his derectin'.
This last (who was the widow of Timasus, formerly the first minister to the emperor) was constituted by him deaconess of the church of Constantinople.
The Christ Church organization became one of the largest and most active branches in the national society, and had a succession of remarkable directors, such as Deaconess Lloyd and Miss Alice Simrall.
She threw her arm round Melissa, as if to lean on her, and the deaconess turned away with well-curbed wrath and vanished into an open door.
At this thought she tried to release her hand, but he would not let it go; for the deaconess had come close to Agatha, and, in a tone of sanctimonious wrath, desired her to quit this scene.
The deaconess inquired of Agatha whither she would be taken.
At this the deaconess seemed somewhat dismayed, and poured out endless questions in a low voice.
The hypocrite's voice was full of unction; the deaconess spoke with pious gravity.
And Castor was strong too while Alexander tried to keep him off with his right hand, holding on to Agatha with his left, the shouts of the deaconess and her accomplice soon collected a crowd.
The deaconess Katharine was the name by which she was known, and in a few minutes she returned to her patient's bedside.
The deaconess led the two girls to a room where there was a large double bed.
Noble Lady, I am a deaconess of the Church, and many of this household, both male and female, are worshippers also of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Pastor Boynton tells in another chapter how Deaconess Hall, himself and I, with Policeman Cullet, went from house to house in the great vice district with this leaflet, which proved so powerful.
Thereafter the cause of the white slaves lay heavy on the hearts of a number of men and women, particularly Deaconess Lucy A.
The noblest and loveliest," echoed Orion, in a voice that was tremulous with strong, deep and sincere emotion; then he begged the leech and the deaconess to leave him alone with his parents.
We selected the main highway for our trunks, but for ourselves the Pass of the Three Crosses; the Deacon and the Deaconess in a mountain waggon, and I on foot.
I met the Deacon and the Deaconess at the top, they having walked up from Landro.
Her conversation with the Deaconess has taught her that death is not to be avoided--that it is the gate to joys eternal.
At first terrible as is the figure of the great Dark Angel, with his dread sword all bathed in greenish light, the Deaconess brings balm to the anxious, questioning soul of the child, and she meets death with dignity and submission.
Her visions become involved here, for theDeaconess is also seen, and while she is habited as Sister Martha, her features are those of Hannele's mother.
In answer to this double need, deaconess hospitals have been established.
The deaconess nurse goes into the homes of the poor, bringing the skilled touch of the nurse and the loving heart of Christian womanhood to the service of the neediest.
There must be deaconess homes and hospital's for this, where also the sick poor who can rarely be properly cared for in their dark, crowded, unsanitary homes may find help.
Before she can act as a Deaconess she must be set apart for that office by an appropriate religious service.
According to these, a woman to be admitted to the office of Deaconess must be at least twenty-five years of age, a communicant of the Church, and fit and capable to discharge the duties of the office.
A deaconess was kneeling at his head and gazed in silence in the face of the dead, while old Eusebius crouched prostrate by his side, resting his cheek on the breast of the man whose eyes were sealed in eternal sleep.
She was terribly thirsty, and seeing one of the widows mixing some wine and water and offer it to one of the wounded men who pushed it away, she took courage and begged the deaconess to give her a drink.
The deaconess rose, pressed a kiss on the eyes of the dead youth, promised Eusebius that she would do her best and went away.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deaconess" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: acolyte; beadle; clerk; deacon; elder; lector; lecturer; reader; sacristan; sexton
