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1. the position, authority, or jurisdiction of a dean. [...] 2. the official residence of a dean. [...] More. Synonyms of 'deanery' • manse, minister's house, vicarage, rectory [...] More. Examples of 'deanery' in a sentence.
In the Church of England, a Deanery Synod is a gathering convened by the Area Dean and/or the Joint Lay Chair of the Deanery Synod. It consists of all clergy licensed to a benefice within the deanery, plus elected lay members.
What is a Deanery Synod? A Deanery Synod serves a deanery, or local group of parishes. It is a body which is representative and deliberative, a body which appoints and elects, which may pass motions to its Diocesan Synod, which may receive actions from Diocesan Synod or General Synod and may provide a forum for its members and others to act.
(d) any deaconess or lay worker who is resident in the deanery and licensed by the bishop to work throughout the diocese or in more than one deanery and is not subject to a direction under Rule 17 to be a member of another deanery synod,
While the diocese is served by the Diocesan Synod, each deanery has its own policy-making body, known as a Deanery Synod. The principles are very much the same and the Deanery Synods are able to consider and discuss issues that affect and that are important to that particular area.
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a dean.
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Initially, the focus of a ‘deanery’ was the rural dean. Their existence is noted as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor to have inspection of the behaviour of clergy and people and to convene rural chapters. The office declined and disappeared with the emergence of archdeacons. The office was restored by the Bishop of Norwich in 1837 to