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Webster 1913 Edition
Deanery
Dean′er-y
,Noun.
pl.
Deaneries
. 1.
The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under , 3.
Benefice
, Noun.
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.