deanery

American

[dee-nuh-ree] / ˈdi nə ri /

noun

the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.

deanery British

/ ˈdiːnərɪ /

noun

the office or residence of dean
the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

deaneries

plural

Etymology

Origin of deanery

First recorded in 1250–1300, deanery is from the Middle English word denerie. See dean, -ery

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