rural dean

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noun

a cleric ranking just below an archdeacon, in charge of an archdeaconry.

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Origin of rural dean

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby rural dean

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How to use rural dean in a sentence

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.
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For the first time in American history, rural America has been losing population.
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She is also head of the Sabancı Foundation, which conducts female-empowerment programs for women in rural Turkey.
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Rural churches were deserted, and the connection between the land and the bounty of harvests was gone.
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(It's worth noting that Dean himself has already endorsed Clinton).
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Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The hospitals in the capital were crowded with wounded soldiers, brought in at great risk from the rural districts.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Here again we have the landscape of Lorraine and the eternal and infinitely varied theme of rural labour.
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre
This rule however does not apply to travelers walking along a rural highway.
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British Dictionary definitions for rural dean

rural dean

noun

mainly British a clergyman having authority over a group of parishes

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