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Definition of Diaconal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a deacon.
Definition of Diaconal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate lay clergy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diaconal
1. pertaining to a deacon [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaconal
Literary usage of Diaconal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"... came by degrees to be known and established branches of the archi- diaconal
office as such; which by this means attained to the dignity of ordinary, ..."
2. Woman's Work in the Church: Historical Notes on Deaconesses and Sisterhoods by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow (1866)
"Persistency of Romish diaconal Sisterhoods. I shall not attempt to cany down the
story from where He'lyot leaves it, before the middle of the eighteenth ..."
3. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk about the Table Itself by William George Thorpe (1895)
"... Take the lost time out of your speech"—" Were on our oaths the same as you
are"— Lord Palmerston turned teetotaller—diaconal troubles— George III, ..."
4. The Baptist Quarterly by Baptist Historical Society (1869)
"Christ is the foundation and model of diaconal service. ... The original charter
by which diaconal service is authorized is found in the example of Christ. ..."
5. British Librarian; Or, Book-collector's Guide by William Thomas Lowndes (1842)
"... have been frequently represented in episcopal and archi-diaconal charges, and
in the ordination sermons and charge« of the Protestant dissenters. (12. ..."
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