diaconate noun.
[dʌɪ'akǝneɪt, -ǝt] E18.[ecclesiastical Latin diaconatus, from diaconus: see DIACONAL, -ATE1.]1. The position or office of deacon.
E18.2. The period during which a person is a deacon.
L19.3. A body of deacons.
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