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Country retreat housing a member of the clergy
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rural dean
Word definitions for rural dean in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church , a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery " (often referred to as a deanery). In some Church of England dioceses rural deans have been formally renamed as area deans .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rural \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic .] Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; ...
Usage examples of rural dean.
She would just drop in, and if the conversation happened to turn upon books, as some scholarly rural dean fingered a rare volume, she would let it be known, subtly, that she was deeply interested in them, and then -- well, and then she would see what happened.