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- noun Plural form of
archdeaconry .
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Examples
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He had held very numerous preferments, including no less than five archdeaconries, and was Master of the Rolls.
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In 1863 the archdeaconries of Rochester and St. Albans were joined into one, and in 1867 the total number of archdeaconries was reduced to two: Rochester and St. Albans forming one, and Essex the other.
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[Sidenote: Archdeaconries.] 4 That no archdeaconries should be let to farme.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. Raphael Holinshed
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There are three archdeaconries: those of Richmond, Ripon, and Craven.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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In 1845 it was enlarged so as to include Essex and Hertfordshire, and was then divided into the four archdeaconries of Rochester, Colchester, Essex and St. Alban's.
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The diocese contained the archdeaconries of Orkney, with thirty-five parishes, and of Tingwall (Shetland) with thirteen.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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Beside this, in many of our archdeaconries, we have an exercise lately begun which for the most part is called a _prophecy_ or _conference_, and erected only for the examination or trial of the diligence of the clergy in their study of holy Scriptures.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Kincardineshire; and, although the see was lessened by the creation of new bishoprics, the importance of St. Andrews was always great, for at the Reformation the primate's ecclesiastical jurisdiction included 2 archdeaconries, 9 rural deaneries, the patronage of 131 benefices, the administration of 245 parishes.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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Surrey, and has comprised three archdeaconries: Rochester, Kingston, and
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In 1100 that patriarchate was divided into five archdeaconries, of which Krain was one.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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