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{{short description|Clerical title in some Christian churches}}
[[File:Little church on the prairie.jpg|thumb|275px|A rural church building on the western prairie of the United States]]
[[File:Holy Trinity Church, Hull - geograph.org.uk - 5395297.jpg|thumb|275px|[[Hull Minster]], see of the [[Diocese of York#Archdeaconries and deaneries|Rural Deanery of Hull]]]]
In the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Anglican Communion]] as well as some [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] denominations, a '''rural dean''' is a member of [[clergy]] who presides over a "rural [[deanery]]" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective
The adjective ''rural'' does not mean the role is restricted to the countryside, but distinguishes them from the [[Dean (Christianity)#Cathedrals|deans of cathedral chapters]], which were historically in cities. In some [[Church of England]] [[diocese]]s rural deans have been formally renamed as '''area deans'''.
==Origins==
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