deanery

[ dee-nuh-ree ]

noun,plural dean·er·ies.
  1. the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.

Origin of deanery

1
First recorded in 1250–1300, deanery is from the Middle English word denerie.See dean, -ery

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use deanery in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for deanery

deanery

/ (ˈdiːnərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. the office or residence of dean

  2. the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012