Synonyms for "deanery" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

deanshipabbacyadobe houseaedileshiparchbishopricarchdeaconryarchiepiscopacyarchiepiscopatearistocracybishopdombishopricbuildingcanonicatecanonrycardinalshipcasachairmanshipchancellerychancelloratechancellorship

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chaplaincychaplainshipchieferychiefrychieftaincychieftainrychieftainshipchurch houseclergy housecliff dwelling

Noun(1 words)

deanship

Strong matches (45)

consulateconsulshipcountry housecountry seatcuracydachadeaconrydeaconshipdictatorshipdictaturedirectorshipdwelling housedymaxion houseedificeembassyemirateepiscopacyepiscopateerectionfabric

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farmfarmhouseglebegovernorshiphallheadshiphegemonyhierarchyhousehouseboatlake dwellingleadershipliving machinelodgelordshipmagistracymagistrateshipmagistraturemanor housemansemasterdommastershipmasterymayoraltymayorship

Related words (76)

metropolitanatemetropolitanshipnobilitypapacyparsonagepashadompashalicpastoragepastoratepastorshippatriarchatepatriarchypenthousepontificalitypontificatepopedompopehoodpopeshipprebendprebendaryship

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prefabricated houseprefectshipprefectureprelacyprelateshipprelaturepremiershippresbyteratepresbyterypresidencypresidential palacepresidentshipprimacyprime-ministershipprime-ministryprincedomprinceshipprincipalityproconsulateproconsulshipprotectorateprotectorshipprovostryprovostshipranch houserectoraterectorshiprectoryregencyregentshiproofruling classseignioryseneschalshipseneschalsysheikhdomsheriffaltysheriffcysheriffdomshrievaltyskyscrapersod housesplit levelsplit-levelstructuresupervisorshipsuzerainshipsuzeraintytown housetribunatevicaragevicariatevicarshipvizierateviziershipwhite house

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

berthofficeplacepositionpostresidencesituation

Synonyms

1 entries

deanship

derived

1 entries

subdeanery

derived from

1 entries

dean

is a

1 entries

residence

related to

2 entries

deanparish

Translations

20 translations across 10 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries

• deganat noun (position held by a dean)
• deganat noun (house in which a dean lives)

Danish

3 entries

• provstebolig noun (house in which a dean lives)
• provsteembede noun (position held by a dean)
• provsti noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Dutch

1 entries

• decanaat noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Finnish

4 entries

• dekaanius noun (position held by a dean)
• dekanaatti noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)
• rovastikunta noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)
• tuomiorovastin talo noun (house in which a dean lives)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• prosti noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• prosti noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Polish

1 entries

• dekanat noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Russian

1 entries

• благочи́ние noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Swedish

3 entries

• dekanat noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)
• kontrakt noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)
• prosteri noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

Vietnamese

2 entries

• giáo hạt noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)
• hạt noun (group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility)

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