archdeaconry

A noun referring to the territorial jurisdiction or district under the authority of an archdeacon.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die territoriale Jurisdiktion oder den Amtsbezirk eines Archidiakons bezeichnet.

1. Territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon C2 formal british

   The district or area over which an archdeacon has authority within a diocese.

   • The archdeaconry of Surrey covers several parishes.
   • He was appointed to oversee the archdeaconry of the northern region.
   • The bishop visited every church in the archdeaconry last year.

   🇩🇪Archidiakonat

• archdeaconries plural form
• archdeaconries' possessive plural form
• archdeaconry's possessive singular form