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Webster 1913 Edition

Diaconate

Di-ac′o-nate

,

Noun.

[L.

diaconatus

: cf. F.

diaconat

.]

The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

Di-ac′o-nate

,

Adj.

Governed by deacons.

“Diaconate church.”

T. Goodwin.