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Meanings of deanery in English
An ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of England and the Church of Norway.
Usage of deanery in English
1
They found perfect seats in a pew just beyond the deanery stalls.
2
Mr. Harding was at this time living all alone in the deanery.
3
Not the dean in his deanery, or the archdeacon out at Plumstead.
4
The king promoted him to the deanery of Killaloe in Ireland.
5
For there was fear at the deanery also in regard to Lucy Morris.
6
These consisted of the deanery of Westminster and bishopric of Rochester.
7
He lives constantly at the deanery and preaches nearly every Sunday.
8
Bishopric after bishopric and deanery after deanery were bestowed on Whigs and Latitudinarians.
9
They were going on a Christmas visit to East Chester deanery.
10
When they returned to the deanery, Mr. Harding was fluttered, weary, and unwell.
11
But what can you expect of a creature from the deanery?
12
But was he without a residence that he bought the deanery?
13
Nothing could possibly have suited him better than having Mr. Harding in the deanery.
14
The garden intervened between them and the deanery, and they could not be heard.
15
He repeated the same proposals of any other deanery, etc.
16
There had been many misgivings at the deanery, and some regrets, about these marriages.
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