† diˈacony Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. diāconia, a. Gr. διακονία office, etc. of a deacon. Cf. F. diaconie ‘a deaconrie, the place of a deacon’ (Cotgr.).]
The place or office of a deacon.
| 1636 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table (1637) 79 The very Altar it self..hath been termed, in the ancient Councells, The Diaconie, as a place belonging (next after the Bishop) to the care and custodie of the Deacon only. |