Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or jurisdiction of an archdean.
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Examples
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On his return to Brittany having received minor orders he was appointed "official", or ecclesiastical judge, of the archdeanery of Rennes (1280); meanwhile he studied
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The archdeanery of Bruges comprised the deaneries of Bruges, Ardenbourg, and Oudenbourg; the archdeanery of Ghent, the deaneries of Ghent, Roulers, Oudenarde, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Waes; the archdeanery of Tournai, the deaneries of Tournai, Seclin,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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In the following year he became dean; and in 1714 held with it the archdeanery [i.e. archdeaconry] of Cornwall.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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So soon as he received the archdeanery, he married Miss Ann Minchin, who is described as a young lady of great beauty, and of an amiable character, by whom he had two sons, who died young, and a daughter, who long survived both her parents.
Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Thomas Parnell 1698
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Through the hatred and ill-will which the said archbishop bears to the said Don Andres Xiron, he refused to accept the presentation of the latter [to the archdeanery]; and in regard to this subject he has had so many disputes with the Audiencia of your Majesty over the fuerza which he committed against the said Don Andres, that he went so far as to excommunicate Auditor Çapatta for having rendered the decision that it was fuerza.
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It was re-established by the Concordat of 1802 with much narrower limits than it had prior to the Revolution, when, besides the city of Paris and its suburbs, it comprised the archdeanery of Josas (including the deaneries of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Châteaufort and Montlhéry) and the archdeanery of Brie (including the deaneries of Lagny and Vieux-Corbeil).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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