DEANSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deanship mean? 

• DEANSHIP (noun)
  The noun DEANSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the position or office of a dean

  Familiarity information: DEANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEANSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position or office of a dean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deanery; deanship

Hypernyms ("deanship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

dean (an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college)

dean ((Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals)