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Deaneries

Deanery \Dean"er*y\, n.; pl. Deaneries.

  1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

  2. The residence of a dean.
    --Shak.

  3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

    Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes.
    --Blackstone.

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deaneries

n. (plural of deanery English)

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He was an austere, grave, morose churchman, second chaplain to the Bishop, Archdeacon of Josas, having under him the two deaneries of Montlhéry and Châteaufort, and one hundred and seventy-four parish priests.