Rural Dean
Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
An officer of the established church in England, generally a parochial clergyman, appointed to act under the bishop or archdeacon; his proper duty being to inspect the conduct of the parochial clergy, to inquire into and report dilapidations, and to examine candidates for conilrmation. Cowel; 1 Bl. Com. 383: 2 Steph. Com. 676, 677. Rural deanery. The circuit of the jurisdiction of a rural dean. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each archdeaconry into rural deaneries, and each ru-