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archdeaconry

/ahrch-dee-kuhn-ree/US // ˌɑrtʃˈdi kən ri //UK // (ˈɑːtʃˈdiːkənrɪ) //

大主教管区,大执事区,大主教区,执事区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural arch·dea·con·ries.

    • : the jurisdiction, residence, or office of an archdeacon.

Examples

  • 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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