deanery

[ dee-nuh-ree ]

noun

, plural dean·er·ies.

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

deanery

/ ˈdiːnərɪ /

noun

1. the office or residence of dean
2. the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean

Word History and Origins

Origin of deanery¹

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

Example Sentences

In the following year Loftus was translated to Dublin and forced to resign his deanery, which he did very unwillingly.

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A little later, he happened to see Mr. Palmer himself knocking at the door of the Deanery and being admitted by the butler.

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He was early advanced to the Deanery of Exeter and other preferments.

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In 1552 he was appointed to the Deanery of Lincoln, of which he was deprived in 1554.

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After awhile, the deanery was again vacant: and again the archbishop refused Don Illan's suit, in favour of one of his own uncles.

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