A geographical division of a diocese, roughly equivalent to counties in a state, also sometimes known as a convocation or an archdeanery In the Diocese of South Carolina there are six deaneries Beginning at the lower part of the diocese, they are the Beaufort deanery, the Charleston deanery, the West Charleston deanery, the Orangeburg deanery, the Georgetown deanery, and the Florence deanery (All of these names are also counties in South Carolina )