deanery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the official residence of a dean
  2. noun the position or office of a dean
    deanship.

WordNet

Dean"er*y noun
Wordforms
plural Deaneries
Definitions
  1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
  2. The residence of a dean. Shak.
  3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
    Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. Blackstone.

Webster 1913