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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The rank or office of an archdeacon.
  • noun The district or residence of an archdeacon.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office, rank, jurisdiction, or residence of an archdeacon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See benefice.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office
  • noun The residence, or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon

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Examples

  • A fat magisterial book on archdeaconry in 16th-century St Albans?

    In praise of losers 2010

  • I am Mrs. Rose Martins Toyo from Tunisia, married to Dr. Martins Toyo who served as an archdeacon in the St. Micheal's archdeaconry in Ivory Coast for 14 years ,before he died in the year 2003.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • I am Mrs. Rose Martins Toyo from Tunisia, married to Dr. Martins Toyo who served as an archdeacon in the St. Micheal's archdeaconry in Ivory Coast for 14 years ,before he died in the year 2003.

    Dear Pastor Reverend in Jesus Christ's Name, Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • The archdeacon, as a matter of course, knew every clergyman in the archdeaconry — it may almost be said in the diocese — and had some acquaintance, more or less intimate, with their wives and families.

    Barchester Towers 2004

  • “Are the arrangements with reference to the Sabbath-day schools generally pretty good in your archdeaconry?” asked

    Barchester Towers 2004

  • ‘And can specially select any clergyman he pleases from the archdeaconry,’ said the bishop.

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • ‘I by no means derogate from Dr Grantly’s high position in his own archdeaconry — to which, as you are aware,

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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