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

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.

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

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