Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEAN'ER-Y
DEAN'ER-Y, n.
- The office or the revenue of a dean. – Clarendon. Swift.
- The house of a dean. – Shak.
- The jurisdiction of a dean. Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. – Blackstone.
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