decanal

American  

[dek-uh-nl, dih-keyn-l] / ˈdɛk ə nl, dɪˈkeɪn l /

adjective

1. of or relating to a dean or deanery.

   decanal responsibilities.

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decanal British  

/ dɪˈkænɪkəlɪ, dɪˈkeɪnəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a dean or deanery

2. (of part of a choir) on the same side of a cathedral, etc, as the dean; on the S side of the choir

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Other Word Forms

• decanally adverb
• decanically adverb

Etymology

Origin of decanal

1700–10; < Late Latin decān ( us ) dean + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The latest version of the report, he said, also addresses the rate of change at a much more gradual level, moving from millennial to decanal time scales.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

It is doubtful how it took its origin, whether as a satire against the decanal order in general, or against some obnoxious dean in particular.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

With an involuntary motion of his hands to his ears, he nodded and fled with unseemly haste to a place less exposed, where he could in a seemly and decanal manner relieve his feelings.

From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.

And then the Dean ambled away, his thin, black-stockinged legs beneath the decanal coat and apron giving him the appearance of a black stork.

From Under the Mendips A Tale by Marshall, Emma

The Dean himself came down and called with much decanal grandeur, conspicuous as he walked up to the Hall door with shovel hat and knee breeches.

From Kept in the Dark by Trollope, Anthony