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archdeaconry Definition

arch·deacon·ry (-rē)

noun pl. -·ries

  1. the office, rank, duties, or jurisdiction of an archdeacon
  2. 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.