Bible Dictionaries
Diaconate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(a.) Governed by deacons.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diaconate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/diaconate.html. 1828.