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deaness|ˈdiːnɪs|
[f. dean1 + -ess.]
1. A woman who is head of a female chapter. [L. decāna, F. doyenne.]
1759Sterne Tr. Shandy ii. xxxv, The Abbess of Quedlingberg..with the four great dignitaries of her Chapter, the prioress, the deaness, the sub-chantress, and senior canoness. 1878Seeley Stein II. 347 Abbess v. Gilsa, Deaness vom Stein, and Canoness v. Metzsch.
2. humorous. The wife of a dean.
1848E. Ruskin Let. 1 July in W. M. James Order of Release (1948) v. 115 A large party today at the Master of Pembroke's..and ditto in the evening at the Deaness of Christ Church (Mrs. Gaisford). 1884G. Allen Philistia I. 113 Fancy little Miss Butterfly a rural deaness! |