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deaconess

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as in priestess, clergywoman

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for deaconess

clergywoman,
priestess

churchman,
clergyman,
father,
Holy Joe
[slang],
padre

abbot,
archbishop,
archpriest,
bishop,
dean,
diocesan,
monsignor,
pope,
prelate,
presbyter

clergyperson,
cleric,
clerical,
clerk,
deacon,
divine,
dominie,
ecclesiastic,
minister,
preacher,
priest,
reverend

abbé,
curate,
curé,
parson,
pastor,
rector,
shepherd,
vicar

chaplain,
confessor,
sky pilot

evangelist,
missionary,
missioner,
missionizer,
revivalist

friar,
mendicant,
monastic,
monk,
oblate,
religious

high priest,
high priestess

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for deaconess

layman,
layperson,
secular

lay reader,
lector

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