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deanery

[ UK /dˈiːnəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the official residence of a dean
  2. the position or office of a dean

How To Use deanery In A Sentence

  • Richard Chenevix Trench, who succeeded to the deanery on the death of Dr. Buckland, in 1856, is a nephew of the first Lord Ashtown, in the Irish peerage.
  • The establishment of this church, founded entirely at the private expense of the Count de Grignan's ancestors, was very rich, and consisted of a deanery, twenty-one canonries, and a numerous and well-appointed choir. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
  • `Since the deanery is a Crown appointment, the person who must receive my resignation is the Prime Minister. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • Mass was said by the Canon Michael Ryan, of York, who was helped by previous priests from the parish and others from the deanery.
  • In 1621 Donne procured the deanery of St Paul's.
  • The duties of the post include regular meetings of the clergy of the 12 parishes in the deanery and advising and helping churchwardens of parishes without a parish priest.
  • North Thames deanery includes London north of the Thames, Essex, and Hertfordshire.
  • 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. Archbishop's Presidential Address
  • On other parts of the ceiling are the arms of Bishop Audley and those of the Deanery as well as a shield bearing the letters R.I. The upper part of the chantry, which is divided from the Lady Chapel by the top of the screen which serves as a kind of rail, may have been used as an oratory; but no remains of an altar have been found. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
  • The former church warden at St Mary's Church in Deane, Bolton, is lay chairman of his local deanery.
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