英语词汇“rural dean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dean¹ /dēn/

noun

A dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches who presides over the canons

A rural dean

The chief cardinal-bishop of the College of Cardinals

The president of a faculty in a college or of the Faculty of Advocates

A resident fellow of a college who has administrative and disciplinary functions

The senior member of a corps or body

The chief chaplain of the Chapel Royal

The chief judge of the Court of Arches

The president of a trade-guild

ORIGIN: OFr deien (Fr doyen), from LL decānus or Gr dekānos a chief of ten, from L decem or Gr deka ten

deanˈery noun

The office of a dean

A group of parishes presided over by a dean

A dean's house

deanˈship noun

The office or rank of a dean

Dean of Arches noun

Dean of the Court of Arches (see under arch¹)

Dean of Faculty noun

President of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland

Dean of Guild noun

Formerly a municipal functionary in Scotland who had authority over building and altering of houses

rural dean

A clergyman who, under the bishop, has the special care and inspection of the clergy in certain parishes

rural /rooˈr(ə)l/

adjective

Of, relating to or suggesting the country or countryside

noun (obsolete)

A country-dweller

ORIGIN: L rūrālis, from rūs, rūris the country

ruˈralism noun

ruˈralist noun

rurality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

ruralizāˈtion or ruralisāˈtion noun

ruˈralize or ruˈralise transitive verb

To render rural

intransitive verb

ruˈrally adverb

ruˈralness noun

ruridecanal /roo-ri-di-kāˈnl (sometimes -dekˈən-l)/ adjective

Of a rural dean or deanery

rural dean see under dean¹