DECANI
\dɪkˈani], \dɪkˈani], \d_ɪ_k_ˈa_n_i]\
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Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; - correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
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Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; - correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
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By Sir Augustus Henry
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[L.] (Eccl.) St. Augustine speaks of the chief of ten monks as a Decanus. Hence the dean of a cathedral church is one who is supposed to preside over ten canons or prebendaries at least ; and a Decanus Christianitatis, or Dean of Christianity, was so called as having jurisdiction over a district of ten churches. He was also known as Urban Dean, or Dean of the City. Thus, also, the Deans of Faculty in universities presided over their respective faculties, and maintained discipline. The Dean of the Arches is the judge in the metropolitan court of Canterbury, this court having been anciently held in the Church of St. Mary of the Arches, or le-Bow.
By Henry Percy Smith
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