Adjacent Words

Deanery definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DE'ANERY, n.
1. The office or the revenue of a dean.
2. The house of a dean.
3. The jurisdiction of a dean.
Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes.
Rural dean, or arch-presbyter, had originally jurisdiction over ten churches; but afterwards he became only the bishop's substitute, to grant letters of administration, probate of wills, etc. His office is now lost in that of the archdeacon and chancellor.
Dean of a Monastery, a superior established under the abbot, to ease him in taking care of ten monks. Hence his name.
Dean and Chapter, are the bishop's council, to aid him with their advice in affairs of religion, and in the temporal concerns of his see.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the official residence of a dean
2: the position or office of a dean [syn: deanship, deanery]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -eries) Date: 15th century the office, jurisdiction, or official residence of a clerical dean

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a dean's house or office. 2 Brit. the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

Dymaxion house, White House, abbacy, adobe house, aedileship, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, bishopdom, bishopric, building, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, casa, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, church house, clergy house, cliff dwelling, consulate, consulship, country house, country seat, curacy, dacha, deaconry, deaconship, deanship, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, dwelling house, edifice, embassy, emirate, episcopacy, episcopate, erection, fabric, farm, farmhouse, glebe, governorship, hall, headship, hegemony, hierarchy, house, houseboat, lake dwelling, leadership, living machine, lodge, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, manor house, manse, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nobility, papacy, parsonage, pashadom, pashalic, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patriarchate, patriarchy, penthouse, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, prebend, prebendaryship, prefabricated house, prefectship, prefecture, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, premiership, presbyterate, presbytery, presidency, presidential palace, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, ranch house, rectorate, rectorship, rectory, regency, regentship, roof, ruling class, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, town house, tribunate, vicarage, vicariate, vicarship, vizierate, viziership