The position or office of a dean.
1 He has offered me the deanship of Wimborne Minster, a valuable place.
2 Do you see what his deanship has had for dinner?'
3 She had planned unheard-of achievements, while I saw nothing else than the deanship of the College of Agriculture.
5 Even from the remove of the deanship of Berkeley's law school, Edley had strong views about what caused presidential campaigns to fail.
6 But for the time being you can take the deanship and study as you wish, since His Grace approves.' I glance at Montague.
7 He succeeded in securing for himself the Deanship of St. Patrick's in Dublin, and was a strong suitor for the Bishopric of Meath.
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