deanery

[ dee-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈdi nə ri /

the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.

Origin of deanery

First recorded in 1250–1300, deanery is from the Middle English word denerie. See dean¹, -ery

He went down to Brotherton to bring his wife up to London, but met her at the deanery, refusing to go to the house.

Is He Popenjoy? |Anthony Trollope
Swift was breathing "Bœotian air" in his deanery, and St. John was "confined to foreign climates" for very sufficient reasons.

Alexander Pope |Leslie Stephen
A museum, deanery, and a cattle-market are building at York.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 282, November 10, 1827 |Various
Had he intended to marry her, would he not have found a home for her at the deanery?

The Eustace Diamonds |Anthony Trollope

In October of this year he was promoted to the deanery of Peterborough.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various

deanery

/ (ˈdiːnərɪ) /

the office or residence of dean

the group of parishes presided over by a rural dean