单词 diaconate 释义 ▪ I. diaconate, n.|daknt|[ad. late L. dicont-us, f. diconus deacon: see -ate1. Cf. F. diaconat.]1. The office or rank of deacon.1727–51Chambers Cycl., Deaconry, Diaconate, the order or ministry of a deacon or deaconess. [Not in John...