Deanery

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  • noun. The office, jurisdiction, or official residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The office or the revenue of a dean.
  • noun. The house of a dean.
  • noun. The jurisdiction of a dean.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under benefice, n., 3.
  • noun. The residence of a dean.
  • noun. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
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  • noun. The position held by a dean.
  • noun. The house in which a dean lives.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the official residence of a dean
  • noun. the position or office of a dean
  • Word Usage
    "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"
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    benefice