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deanery

/dee-nuh-ree/US // ˈdi nə ri //UK // (ˈdiːnərɪ) //

总铎区,总督府,院长室,院长办公室

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dean·er·ies.

    • : the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.

Examples

  • 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.