noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- deaconate, office/position of deaconship
- hospice
- service, ministry
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)