archdeaconryn.
/ɑːtʃˈdiːkənri/ 1. The jurisdiction, or district under the ecclesiastical control, of an archdeacon.
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1554 E. Bonner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1531/2 The best learned in euery Deanry of their Archdeaconry.
1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church xi. 121 The Isle of Anglesey..is now an archdeaconry of the diocese of Bangor.
2. The rank or office of an archdeacon.
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archdeaconship1591
archdeanery1828
archdeaconry1872
archdeaconate1882
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 65v Emolumentes..belonging to anie Archdeaconrie, denary, prebend, parsonage,..or other..dignitie or office.
1872 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. xvii. 287 Two priests..were elevated,..one to an archdeaconry, the other to an archbishopric, under the ‘Great Church’ at Constantinople.
3. The residence of an archdeacon.
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archdeaconry1775
1775 H. Swinburne Let. 3 Nov. in Trav. Spain (1779) iv. 22 The archdeaconry, once the palace of the prætor.
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