deaness

noun3

1. •
   (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
2. •
   (rare) A female dean (head of a university faculty).

   • But now comes Deaness Kathleen Deignan. — 1986
3. •
   (rare) The wife of a dean.

   • And as dean, with the help of his deaness, Eva Howe Stevens, he entertained every student in his home every year and made Cornell a Shangri-la. — 1969