DEACONRY


Meaning of DEACONRY in English

-kənrē noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English dekenry, from dekne, dekene deacon + -ry

1. : diaconate

2. Roman Catholicism : a chapel in the city of Rome under the care of a cardinal deacon ; also : the charitable institution to which it was formerly attached

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