deanery

[ dee-nuh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural dean·er·ies.

deanery

/ ˈdiːnərɪ /

Origin of deanery¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, deanery is from the Middle English word denerie. See dean, -ery

In the following year Loftus was translated to Dublin and forced to resign his deanery, which he did very unwillingly.

A little later, he happened to see Mr. Palmer himself knocking at the door of the Deanery and being admitted by the butler.

He was early advanced to the Deanery of Exeter and other preferments.

In 1552 he was appointed to the Deanery of Lincoln, of which he was deprived in 1554.

After awhile, the deanery was again vacant: and again the archbishop refused Don Illan's suit, in favour of one of his own uncles.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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