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deanery

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun deanery has 2 senses
  1. deanery - the official residence of a dean
    --1 is a kind of
    residence
  2. deanship, deanery - the position or office of a dean
    --2 is a kind of position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

Definitions from the Web

Deanery

A deanery is an ecclesiastical administrative division in the Christian Church. It is headed by a dean and often comprises a group of parishes within a particular geographical area.

Examples:

  • The diocese has several deaneries, each presided over by a dean.
  • In the deanery of St. John's, there are nine parishes.
  • The deanery meeting will be held next week to discuss matters of the local parishes.

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