deanery

English

Etymology

From Middle English denerye; equivalent to dean +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/

Noun

deanery (plural deaneries)

1. The position held by a dean.

   Synonym: deanship

2. The house in which a dean lives.
3. The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.

Derived terms

• subdeanery

 

Translations

position held by a dean

• Danish: provsteembede n
• Finnish: dekaanius, tuomiorovastius

house in which a dean lives

• Danish: provstebolig c
• Finnish: tuomiorovastin talo

group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility

• Danish: provsti n
• Dutch: decanaat (nl) n
• Finnish: dekanaatti (fi), rovastikunta (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prosti n

  Nynorsk: prosti n

• Polish: dekanat (pl) m
• Russian: благочи́ние (ru) n (blagočínije)
• Vietnamese: hạt (vi), giáo hạt

Anagrams

• renayed, yandere, year-end, yearend, yearned