decani

[dih-key-nahy]

adjective

1. of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (cantoris ).

decani

/ dɪˈkeɪnaɪ /

adjective

1. music to be sung by the decanal side of a choir Compare cantoris

Word History and Origins

Origin of decani¹

1750–60; < Medieval Latin decānī of the dean (genitive of decānus ); dean

Word History and Origins

Origin of decani¹

Latin: genitive of decānus

Example Sentences

A native of the area, he helped turn Decan, which Serbs call Decani, and surrounding villages into a guerrilla stronghold during the war.

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Serb Orthodox leaders long protested works to greatly widen a road brushing the 14th Century Visoki Decani Monastery - one of Kosovo’s top mediaeval Serbian monuments.

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Monk Sava Janjic from the Visoki Decani monastery said on Twitter that the “arrangement will protect the monastery from the construction of the international road, which will go via a bypass, and in return will enable rehabilitation of the existing road … for local use.”

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Kosovo and Serbia have been in EU-negotiated talks - that included the Decani road issue - since 2011 but few of the signed deals are applied.

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Visoki Decani Monastery was founded by Serbian King Saint Stefan Decanski, who was buried there after being killed by his son’s followers.

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