deaconries

On the afternoon of the Saturday in Easter week, say these writers, the priests of the eighteen principal 'deaconries' -- an ecclesiastical division of the city long ago abolished and now somewhat obscure -- caused the bells to be rung, and the people assembled at their parish churches, where they were received by a 'mansionarius,' -- probably meaning here 'a visitor of houses, '-- and a layman, who was arrayed in a tunic, and crowned with the flowers of the cornel cherry.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

Many of the churches of Rome were restored by him; and its clergy, its deaconries for the care of the poor, and its lay sacristans all benefited by his liberality.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

In his short pontificate he distributed 1900 solidi to the clergy and to the deaconries for the poor.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The Oldenburg part of the Diocese of Münster consists to-day of two deaconries, Cloppenburg and Vechta.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The diocese is divided into arch-deaconries; the parish priests number 92, and the clergy 152.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

In the course of time other charitable institutions took the place of the original deaconries.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The cardinalitial deaconries are: S. Maria in Via Lata, S. Adriano al

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

a fixed grade, being titular -- that is churches over which cardinals of the order of priests are placed -- or deaconries -- churches over which are placed cardinal-deacons.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913