单词 | deanship |
释义 | deanshipn. 1. The office, position, or rank of a dean; the tenure of this office. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > chapter > member of chapter > [noun] > head > office of deny1340 deaneryc1440 deanship1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Doyenné, a Deanerie, or Deaneship. 1761 T. Warton Life Bathurst 214 (T.) Those [chapter-acts] that were made during his deanship. 1827 W. Cobbett Hist. Protestant ‘Reformation’ ii. §47 The Bishopricks, the Parish-livings, the Deanships..are in fact all in their gift. 1881 New Eng. Jrnl. Educ. 24 347 Prof. P. J. Williams to the deanship of the Normal department. 2. The personality of a dean: used humorously as a title. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > [noun] > specific forms of address deanship1588 tuism1796 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 1 May it please you..to ride to Sarum and thanke his Deanship for it. 1729 J. Swift Grand Quest. in Poems xxxiii I then shall not value his Deanship a straw. 1812 S. Parr Let. 12 Dec. in Wks. (1828) VII. 470 His Deanship perhaps has brought from his escrutoire his old Concio for the Doctorate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1588 |
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