decanal
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to a dean or deanery
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(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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Origin of decanal
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
The Dean winked his gray decanal eye at the champagne: the Senior Tutor coughed remotely like a grasshopper: Lonsdale prodded Michael with his elbow and murmured that "the Wagger had laid Mossy a stymie."
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
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