archdeaconry

[ ahrch-dee-kuhn-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural arch·dea·con·ries.

archdeaconry

/ ˈɑːtʃˈdiːkənrɪ /

First recorded in 1545–55; archdeacon + -ry

The king set him to write on the subject, and he was rewarded with the Archdeaconry of Taunton.

While still only a deacon Becket received many ecclesiastical benefices, including the Archdeaconry of Canterbury.

He succeeded to the Archdeaconry upon the sudden decease of Archdeacon Pulteney in 1810.

The archdeaconry of Canterbury was worth 100 pounds of silver a-year.

Are the arrangements with reference to the Sabbath-day schools generally pretty good in your archdeaconry?

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