archdeaconry
noun
archdeaconry is a noun meaning “The office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-D-E-A-C-O-N-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of archdeaconry is archdeaconries.
What does archdeaconry mean?
noun
- 1
The office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office
- 2
The residence, or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce archdeaconry?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-archdeaconry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of archdeaconry
- archdeaconries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archdeaconry?
Archdeaconry appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Archdeaconry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Archidiakonat |
| Portuguese | arquidiaconato |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does archdeaconry come from?
From archdeacon + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).