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Definition of Deaneries
1. deanery [n] - See also: deanery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deaneries
Literary usage of Deaneries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In 1541 the deaneries of Richmond were transferred to Henry VIII.'s new diocese
of Chester. Ripon was created an episcopal see by act of parliament in 1836, ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1823)
"On the other hand, bishop Gibson might be equally warranted in calling all the
new deaneries presentative, if we except the collegiate church of Westminster ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Advowsons by John Mirehouse (1824)
"The patronage of both the other Welch deaneries is in the respective bishops,
they being neither elective by the chapter, nor donative by the crown. ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"St. Asaph and Bangor, the other two Welsh cathedrals, have the dignity of dean
distinct from that of bishop ; but the patronage of both deaneries is in the ..."
5. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1891)
"The Baptismal Fonts of the Rural deaneries of Gosforth and Whitehaven. By the REV.
J. WILSON, MA, Vicar of Dalston. Communicated at Lancaster, September ..."
6. Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities by Cosmo Innes (1872)
"Teviotdale included the deaneries of Teviotdale, Peebles, Nithsdale, Anandale.
The suffragans of the western Archbishopric were three :— <1. ..."
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