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Definition of deanery noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

deanery

noun

/ˈdiːnəri/

/ˈdiːnəri/

(plural deaneries)

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a group of parishes controlled by a dean

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the office or house of a dean (1, 2)

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