deanery
IPA: dˈinɝi
noun
- The position held by a dean.
- The house in which a dean lives.
- The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.
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Examples of "deanery" in Sentences
- Churches excluded from the new deanery.
- Absurdity can include a disco ball in the deanery.
- Attached to the deanery is the Norman prior's chapel.
- The deanery was bankrupt and there was a public appeal.
- In part of the deanery buildings is the cathedral museum.
- The title superintendent referred to the head of a deanery.
- It is in the Deanery of Orford in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.
- It is in the Deanery of Wilford in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.
- It was part of the Orsett deanery and the archdeaconry of Essex.
- The parish is in the deanery of Brooke and the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
- It falls in the Deanery of Carlford, and in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.
- • Did not acknowledge support for the old system from the GP training "deanery".
- I'm being mean – the atmosphere and outlook on to the deanery and a walled garden are peaceful.
- “just to let people know that we are friends, and after that the deanery will be the best home for you.”
- "Stay with us a month, my dear," said Lady Fawn, "just to let people know that we are friends, and after that the deanery will be the best home for you."
- The Christian feminist recognises that the Resolution C parish down the road has a better programme for community regeneration than any other in the deanery.
- In this diocese the cantonal districts do not bear their geographical names, as in all other dioceses, but the name of a saint which becomes the patron of the deanery: the Vichy deanery, for instance, is called the deanery of St-Raphael.
- As we cross the square to the north-eastern side of the church, we pass another gateway, which leads into the deanery, which is a fine specimen of architecture, and bears the monogram of its builder, viz. -- the letter R. a kirk, and a tun, [R. Kirkton] and we then enter at once into the