deanery
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
Origin of deanery
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How to use deanery in a sentence
In 1845 the archdeacon of Middlesex ceased to exercise control in Essex, and the deaneries were readjusted.
The parishes were further grouped together into rural deaneries and archdeaconries.
In one of the deaneries my father found a churchyard p. 36partly sown with wheat.
Two Suffolk Friends | Francis Hindes GroomeIn 1880 four rural deaneries were established, and commissioners were constituted as trustees of endowments for Church purposes.
The warrants for the deaneries are still stopped, for fear I should be gone.
The Journal to Stella | Jonathan Swift
British Dictionary definitions for deanery
/ (ˈdiːnərɪ) /
the office or residence of dean
the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean
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