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rural dean
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten , and cf. Decemvir .] A dignitary or presiding ...
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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 .
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.