In the case of Phoebe, they usually translate it "deaconess". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Mission, is in all respects a synonym for "deaconess," as the name is understood in the large deaconess establishment at Mildmay. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
The archbishop has �,000, the deaconess �0; and the. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guineas] Reference
She was the aunt of the family and was what she called a deaconess. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
The devotional exercises were led by Miss Mallory, a deaconess of the. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 1, January, 1896] Reference
In answer to this double need, deaconess hospitals have been established. From Wordnik.com. [Home Missions in Action] Reference
'I'm a respectable woman, my husband was a lay preacher and I'm a deaconess!. From Wordnik.com. [Chase the Morning]
I visited there in the company of the Lutheran deaconess named Violette in 1975. From Wordnik.com. [Roger of Taize] Reference
If the nurse, or deaconess, is to fulfill her mission to the sick, she must have training. From Wordnik.com. [Home Missions in Action] Reference
I had had my blaster out at once, then had returned it sheepishly, seeing that it was a deaconess. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
But Carol said she wouldn't be a deaconess, -- she was going to be a Red Cross nurse and go to war. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference
The missionary and the deaconess may be regarded as forerunners in some sense to the modern social worker. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
Officers are elected, Dr. Conwell always being appointed president and the deaconess, as a rule, secretary. From Wordnik.com. [Russell H. Conwell] Reference
The Home Mission nurse, or deaconess-nurse, is an important factor in connection with nearly every mission station. From Wordnik.com. [Home Missions in Action] Reference
If a modern-day deaconess may be allowed to enter this discussion, I would like to say that I appreciate very much Fr. From Wordnik.com. [Women Bishops in the Church of Wales] Reference
We expected his assistant or possibly the deaconess, and you can imagine how honored and comforted we felt when Mr. Nelson came himself. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
(I shouldn't wonder if I did become a deaconess after all!). From Wordnik.com. [The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance] Reference
I might even become a deaconess with Hull-House propensities. From Wordnik.com. [The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance] Reference
Efforts for the restoration of the office of deaconess made by. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
To understand the position of the deaconess with respect to the modern. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
The first deaconess was Gertrude Reichardt, the daughter of a physician. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
And if she is deemed worthy she may be advanced to the dignity of a deaconess. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference
She is designated by the term "commune-deaconess," or, as the English translate it. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
All I know is that now I am predestined, but not in the dedicated deaconess direction!. From Wordnik.com. [The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance] Reference
Harriet pushed her away and put her hand on his forehead, then nodded at the deaconess. From Wordnik.com. [Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty] Reference
Fliedner had long been looking toward Jerusalem, hoping to found a deaconess home there. From Wordnik.com. [Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America] Reference
"He founded the hospital and the deaconess clinic where Florence Nightingale was educated in 1849.". From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
She brought a deaconess from the little dispensary with her and one or the other was watching him like a cat every second, for three weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty] Reference
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