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

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

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.

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

The Chapter was promptly summoned, and the canon-sacrist interrogated as to how and why a votive red lamp had been suspended before an altar without decanal authority.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David