ARCHDE'ACONRY, noun The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every diocese is divided into archdeaconries, of which there are sixty, and each archdeaconry into rural deaneries, and each deanery into parishes.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.