deanery

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: denary (one pronunciation)

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

• Catalan: deganat (ca) m
• Danish: provsteembede n
• Finnish: dekaanius, tuomiorovastius
• Polish: dziekanat (pl) m inan

house in which a dean lives

• Catalan: deganat (ca) m
• Danish: provstebolig c
• Finnish: tuomiorovastin talo
• Polish: dekanat (pl) m inan

group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility

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

  Bokmål: prosti n

  Nynorsk: prosti n

• Polish: dekanat (pl) m inan
• Russian: благочи́ние (ru) n (blagočínije)
• Swedish: kontrakt (sv) n, prosteri n, dekanat n
• Vietnamese: hạt (vi), giáo hạt

Anagrams

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