 Deans and provosts are styled the "Very Reverend", while canons and prebendaries (but not minor canons) are styled the "Reverend Canon" or "Prebendary".In many provinces of the Communion, the title of "canon" is a gift of the bishop, which may be given to senior or distinguished clergy — and, in some cases, to lay people ("lay canons").Many Anglican dioceses group parishes within an archdeaconry into subdivisions known as deaneries.