deanery in English

noun
1
the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean.
The country of Luxembourg is covered by one diocese that contains 13 deaneries and 265 parishes in total.
2
the official residence of a dean.
In the months after being suspended Dean Methuen has remained at the deanery and received full pay for doing nothing.
noun
    deanship

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1. The Archdeaconries are further split into Deaneries and each Deanery is then split into parishes

2. The Diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries each headed by an archdeacon with a number of smaller deanery units within them

3. Each rural deanery is in turn part of an Archdeaconry, an area for which an archdeacon is responsible

4. The Canonry Benefice is a united benefice formed in 2012 within the East Bridge Deanery of the Diocese of Canterbury in Kent, UK

5. The Diocese of Accra of today comprises The Cathedral Deanery and Five Archdeaconries namely: Accra North, Accra East, Accra West, Accra North East and Tema.

6. The Archdeacon of Ipswich covers the deanery of Ipswich, and is also the director of the Inspiring Ipswich project which is resourced by national Strategic Development Funding (SDF)

7. The idea of Convocations is a time-honored one that harkens back to traditional Anglican structure, where members of a “deanery” were a Bishop’s liaison, regional representative and pastoral minister.

8. Such things as the names of local clergy and the timing for ministerial or deanery meetings, referral agencies for counselling or crisis intervention, civilian religious services, hospitals that serve military members, sources for church supplies, even local restaurants and shopping services will assist the new leader in acclimatizing him/herself to the new area.