Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.]
   The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of
   deacons.

Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, a.
   Governed by deacons. ``Diaconate church.'' --T. Goodwin.