DEANERY
Dean"er*y, n.; pl. Deaneries (.
1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
2. The residence of a dean. Shak.
3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean. Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. Blackstone.
DEANSHIP
Dean"ship, n.
Defn: The office of a dean.
I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift.
DEAR
Dear, a. [Compar. Dearer; superl. Dearest.] Etym: [OE. dere, deore,
AS. deóre; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer,
Icel. d, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. Darling, Dearth.]
1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.
2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me,
dear lady." Shak.
Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24.
And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope.
Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.