What is the meaning of Deaconess?

(n.) A female deacon.
(n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
(n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
(n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.

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