Dorcas – English noun declension

Noun: Dorcas

Singular	Dorcas
Plural	Dorcasses; Dorcases

Secondly, When a person not only hath grace, but also is beneficial, usefull, doth much good in his time, is diffusive of holinesse, full of good works, serves his generation, and hath done his work before he fals asleep, hath his Dorcasses coats to be seen after his death; it is only our doing good that makes us called good; [1654, William Jenkyn, A shock of corn coming in in its season, page 13:]
I have beheld, O Dorcasses! with admiration and gratitude , the coats and garments, the lint and bandages which you have made. [1863, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, A Few Words in Behalf of the Loyal Women of the United States, page 2:]
yea, of women, not a few, who following in the train of those who “ministered to Christ,” were good Dorcasses, and “succourers of many." [1870, Samuel Cowdy, Christianity re-examined: help and hope for truth seekers, page 65:]
I fear least thro the medium of the papers he shᵈ hear of it before the Dorcasses of his congregation shall receive the certificate to present in due form, in this case be pleased to apologize to the ladies for my indiscretion. [1940, John Pintard, Dorothy C. Barck, Letters from John Pintard to His Daughter, Eliza Noel, page 196:]

trolley bus, Dorcas, airbus, 'bus,

From Ancient Greek Δορκάς (Dorkás, “gazelle”), translation of Tabitha in the Bible.

English noun forms of Dorcas