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-ess
fem. suffix, from Fr.
-esse,
from L.L.
-issa,
from Gk.
-issa
(cognate with O.E. fem. agent suffix
-icge
); rare in classical Gk., but more common later, in
diakonissa
"deaconess" and other Church terms picked up by Latin.
