archdeaconry Definition
arch·deacon·ry (-rē)
noun pl. -·ries
- the office, rank, duties, or jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- an archdeacon's residence
archdeaconry Usage Examples
Converse of object
- form: Derbyshire forms an archdeaconry in the diocese of Lichfield, and contains nineteen rural deaneries.
- become: In 1844 when Monmouth became an archdeaconry, its population was 150,000 which had trebled since 1801 and would treble again by 1921.
Adjective modifier
- historic: The historic Archdeaconry of Nottingham was an extensive ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the diocese of York.
- single: Initially the Suffolk portion of the Diocese was a single Archdeaconry but this was divided into eastern and western parts in 1125.
- ancient: Parish Registers for nearly every parish in ancient Archdeaconry of Huntingdonshire 1538 - 20 th Century.
Modifies a noun
- court: By the mid-18th century, archdeaconry courts were most focused on the problem of illegitimate births.
- record: The archdeaconry probate records are to be found at the Berkshire Record Office.
Preposition: in
diocese: Derbyshire forms an archdeaconry in the diocese of Lichfield, and contains nineteen rural deaneries.
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