deanery

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

Deanery \Dean"er*y\, n.; pl. {Deaneries}.
   1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under
      {Benefice}, n., 3.
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   2. The residence of a dean. --Shak.
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   3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
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            Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries,
            and each deanery is divided into parishes.
                                                  --Blackstone.
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "deanery":
      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,
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