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archdeaconry|ɑːtʃˈdiːkənrɪ|
[f. prec. + -ry.]
a. The jurisdiction, or district under the ecclesiastical control, of an archdeacon.
b. The rank or office of an archdeacon.
c. The residence of an archdeacon.
1555Bonner in Foxe A. & M. III. 151 The best learned in every deanary of their Archdeaconry. 1590Swinburn Testaments 65 Emolumentes..belonging to anie Arch⁓deaconrie. 1779Swinburne Trav. Spain iv. (T.) The arch⁓deaconry, once the palace of the prætor. 1847J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. xi. 121 Isle of Anglesey..now an arch⁓deaconry of the diocese of Bangor. 1872R. Anderson Missions Am. Board III. xvii. 287 Elevated..to an arch⁓deaconry..under the ‘Great Church’ at Constantinople. |