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A dean’s residence, office, or administrative jurisdiction in a church organization.
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- cathedral deanery
- old deanery
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They lodged in the old deanery.
The cathedral deanery overlooked the square.
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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular deanery; plural deaneries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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