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rural dean in British Englishnounmainly British a cleric having authority over a group of parishes rural dean in American Englishnouna cleric ranking just below an archdeacon, in charge of an archdeaconry Word origin [1400–50; late ME ]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: mature, oblique, transit, trunk, unionExamples of 'rural dean' in a sentencerural dean In the last two posts he was also rural dean.I did think of a few smart remarks but the rural dean might not have been amused. |