deanery
Americannoun
noun
-
the office or residence of dean
-
the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of deanery
First recorded in 1250–1300, deanery is from the Middle English word denerie. See dean, -ery
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Deetya made it through round three with the word ophic, Saharsh made it through with deanery and Sirjana made it through with Radiolarian.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
Saharsh correctly spelled ageusia — the loss of taste — and deanery — the residence for a member of the clergy of a particular rank.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
"In the deanery magazine, they say more than 700 children attended the Sunday school."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2013
The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, 57, was the first woman appointed to a cathedral deanery when she became dean at Leicester in 2000.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2012
He returned to his deanery at the death of Queen Anne with two love affairs upon his hands, but with the stern resolution of encouraging neither, and overcoming both.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
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
In 1878 the county was placed in the newly created diocese of St Albans, and formed the archdeaconry of St Albans, the deaneries being unchanged.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
