deanery

[ dee-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈdi nə ri /

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noun, plural dean·er·ies.

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

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Origin of deanery

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

Words nearby deanery

deaminase, deaminate, deaminize, dean, Deane, deanery, de-anglicization, Deanna, Dean of Faculty, dean of guild, dean's list

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How to use deanery in a sentence

In the following year Loftus was translated to Dublin and forced to resign his deanery, which he did very unwillingly.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
A little later, he happened to see Mr. Palmer himself knocking at the door of the Deanery and being admitted by the butler.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
He was early advanced to the Deanery of Exeter and other preferments.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].|Hartley Withers
In 1552 he was appointed to the Deanery of Lincoln, of which he was deprived in 1554.
English Book Collectors|William Younger Fletcher

After awhile, the deanery was again vacant: and again the archbishop refused Don Illan's suit, in favour of one of his own uncles.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland

British Dictionary definitions for deanery

deanery

/ (ˈdiːnərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

the office or residence of dean

the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean

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