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deaconess-house

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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  • Dutch: diaconessenhuis — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Dutch: diakonessenhuis — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • French: maison des diaconesses — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • French: maison des diaconisses — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diakonissenhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diaconissenhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diakonissenmutterhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diaconissenmutterhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diakonissen-Mutterhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diaconissen-Mutterhaus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diakonissenanstalt — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • German: Diaconissenanstalt — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diakonissehus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diakonisseheim — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diakonissehjem — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diakonisseanstalt — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diakonissehus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diakonisseheim — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diakonisseanstalt — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Swedish: diakonisshus — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Swedish: diakonisshem — house inhabited by deaconesses
  • Swedish: diakonissanstalt — house inhabited by deaconesses