noun
Meaning 1
The position held by a dean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deanship
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deanery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/
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homophone: denary (one pronunciation)
noun
Meaning 2
The house in which a dean lives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the position or office of a dean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deanship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
Meaning 5
the official residence of a dean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: residence
History
Etymology
From Middle English denerye; equivalent to dean + -ery.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: deganat — position held by a dean
- Danish: provsteembede — position held by a dean
- Finnish: dekaanius — position held by a dean
- Finnish: tuomiorovastius — position held by a dean
- Polish: dziekanat — position held by a dean
- Catalan: deganat — house in which a dean lives
- Danish: provstebolig — house in which a dean lives
- Finnish: tuomiorovastin talo — house in which a dean lives
- Polish: dekanat — house in which a dean lives
- Danish: provsti — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Dutch: decanaat — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Finnish: rovastikunta — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Finnish: dekanaatti — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Norwegian Bokmål: prosti — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Norwegian Nynorsk: prosti — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Polish: dekanat — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Russian: благочи́ние (blagočínije) — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Swedish: kontrakt — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Swedish: prosteri — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Swedish: dekanat — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Vietnamese: hạt — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
- Vietnamese: giáo hạt — group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility
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