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What is the noun for deanship?

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dean
  1. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
  2. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
  3. The senior member of some group of people.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. senior, elder, doyen, nestor, leader, head, principal, chief, director, administrator, provost, authority, dignitary, ecclesiastic, governor, lead, president, President, professor, elder statesman, faculty head, department head, college head, head of department, head of faculty, university official, chancellor, headmaster, rector, patriarch, headmistress, master, official, warden, prex, prexy, éminence grise, head teacher, vice chancellor, senior figure, boss, executive, supervisor, superintendent, chairperson, doyenne, chairman, officer, captain, chair … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “If you want to be an academic leader, a dean, a president, a provost, it's important to win your spurs as a respected faculty member.”
deanery
  1. The position held by a dean.
  2. The house in which a dean lives.
  3. The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. deanship
  5. Examples:
      6. “The faculty members submitted their proposals to the deanery for review and approval.”
      “He enjoyed a whistle-stop tour of the deanery during which he met all the Anglican clergy.”
      “The Puseyite Dr Arabin succeeds to the deanery and marries Mrs Bold, while Mrs Proudie sees to it that Slope is dismissed from his chaplaincy.”
deaness
  1. (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
  2. (rare) A female dean (head of a university faculty).
  3. (rare) The wife of a dean.
deanship
  1. The position or role of a dean.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deanery
  3. Examples:
      4. “Dr. Smith's extensive experience in academia made him the perfect candidate for the deanship of the university's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.”
      “Thurman stayed there until 1953, when he assumed the deanship of Boston University's Marsh Chapel.”
      “The deanship is installed at the local office of the State Civil Section East, Port-au-Prince.”
dean
  1. (Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. senior, elder, doyen, nestor, leader, head, principal, chief, director, administrator, provost, authority, dignitary, ecclesiastic, governor, lead, president, President, professor, elder statesman, faculty head, department head, college head, head of department, head of faculty, university official, chancellor, headmaster, rector, patriarch, headmistress, master, official, warden, prex, prexy, éminence grise, head teacher, vice chancellor, senior figure, boss, executive, supervisor, superintendent, chairperson, doyenne, chairman, officer, captain, chair … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If you want to be an academic leader, a dean, a president, a provost, it's important to win your spurs as a respected faculty member.”
deanships
  1. plural of deanship
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deaneries
deaneries
  1. plural of deanery
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deanships, manses, parsonages, rectories, vicarage, residence
  3. Examples:
      4. “The cathedral is set to be packed for the service, with all tickets already distributed through deaneries and Methodist circuits.”
      “The country of Luxembourg is covered by one diocese that contains 13 deaneries and 265 parishes in total.”
      “Dioceses were divided into archdeaconries, and archdeaconries into rural deaneries.”
deanesses
  1. plural of deaness
deans
  1. plural of dean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seniors, elders, doyens, leaders, head, principal, chiefs, directors, administrators, provosts, authority, dignitaries, ecclesiastics, governors, lead, presidents, Presidents, professors, elder statesmen, chancellors, rectors, headmasters, patriarchs, prexies, vice chancellors, head teachers, prexes, masters, headmistresses, wardens, gurus, officials, guiding lights, fathers, doyennes, preposituses, matriarchs, preceptors, proctors, superintendents, staretses, greybeards, graybeards, old men, kaumatuas, patrons, senators, city fathers, presiders, commanders … more
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