1587 W. Harrison (1877) ii. i. i. 15 But as the number of christians increased, so first monasteries, then finallie parish churches, were builded in euery iurisdiction: from whence I take our deanerie churches to haue their originale, now called mother churches, and their incumbents archpreests.
1724 J. Swift Apollo to Dean Swift in 142 That Traytor Delany..seditiously came..To the Dean'ry House.