deanery
noun
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
deaneries
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pluralof deanery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He would serve at churches in all five deaneries in the Duluth diocese - Cloquet, Duluth, Hibbing, Brainerd and Virginia.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2016
The 66-year-old spent six days in each of the 21 deaneries of the Diocese of York and walked a "sizeable distance" through them all.
From BBC ● May 22, 2016
He worked in Iowa as a national official for Divine Word seminaries, then in Lafayette, Louisiana, before serving as regional bishop for several deaneries in Washington and suburban Maryland.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2014
The ancient ecclesiastical subdivision of dioceses, still called the "rural deaneries" even though nowadays they may be exclusively urban areas, will also get their own clericallay synods in place of existing conferences.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out of these developed the rural deaneries, the office of archpriest being ultimately merged in that of rural dean, with which it became synonymous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
