Definition of Diaconates

1. diaconate [n] - See also: diaconate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaconates

diachronicities
diachronicity
diachronies
diachronous
diachrony
diachylon
diachylum
diacid
diacidic
diacids
diaclasis
diacodium
diacodiums
diaconal
diaconate
diaconates (current term)
diacoustic
diacoustics
diacranterian
diacrinous
diacrisis
diacritic
diacritical
diacritical hook
diacritical hooks
diacritical mark
diacritical marks
diacriticked
diacritics
diacrylate

Literary usage of Diaconates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John, Bishop of Ephesus by John, Robert Payne Smith (1860)
"the greater, because, while the hospitals were attended only by clergy, monks and nuns, the diaconates gave an opportunity to pious laymen also to devote ..."

2. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"... Cosma and Damianus; Hadrianus, 1 All these diaconates are found again in the Florentine Codex, except Sylvester and Martinus, S. Maria at S. Peter's ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... (those which had been stations before they were diaconates), S. Nicolo in Carcere, SS. Cosma e Damiano, S. Maria in Via Lata, ..."

4. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1894)
"On the other hand, from the number of hangings, ninety-six, with six for each church, it is evident that there must have been sixteen diaconates. ..."

5. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1895)
"He has accordingly the eighteen later diaconates. 2 They are thus also specified as monasteria quinque constituta juxta magnam ..."

6. Handbook of French and Belgian Protestantism by Louise (Seymour) Houghton (1919)
"x 1 One hundred and three diaconates were represented by one hundred and fifty pastors and laity including fourteen women. The ancient discipline of the ..."

7. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1902)
"On the other hand, from the number of hangings, ninety-six, with six for each church, it is evident that there must have been sixteen diaconates. ..."

8. The Philosophy of Right: With Special Reference to the Principles and by Diodato Lioy (1891)
"Alms were distributed through the diaconates, which were true ... There were at Eome seven diaconates administered under the surveillance of the bishop by ..."

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