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dea·con·ess /ˈdikənəs/
女執事,牧師的女助手
Dea·con·ess n. Eccl. A female deacon; as: (a) Primitive Ch. One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch. A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
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Deaconess
Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3,
4). In these passages it is evident that females were then
engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention
of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).