deán

  • 61dean — 1. n. 1 a the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church. b (usu. rural dean) Brit. a member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry. 2 a a college or university… …

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  • 62dean — noun Etymology: Middle English deen, from Anglo French deen, deien, from Late Latin decanus chief of ten, from Greek dekanos, from deka ten more at ten Date: 13th century 1. a. the head of the chapter of a collegiate or cathedral church …

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  • 63Dean — noun a) A title afforded to a dean. b) surname from dene valley . See Also: Dane, Deane …

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  • 64dean — noun Dean is used after these nouns: ↑college, ↑university …

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  • 65Dean — englischer Name, Bedeutung: Ältester, Dekan. Namensträger: Dean Martin, US amerikanischer Schauspieler …

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  • 66dean — [14] Etymologically, a dean is someone in charge of a group of ten people. That was the meaning of its ancestor, Greek dekānós, a word formed from déka ‘ten’. This eventually came to designate specifically someone in charge of ten monks, and this …

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  • 67dean n — Our queer old Dean …

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  • 68dean — dean1 noun 1》 the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.     ↘(also rural dean) Brit. a member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry. 2》 the head of a… …

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  • 69Dean — Sp Dinas Ap Dean L u. Kanadoje (Britų Kolumbija) …

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  • 70dean — [14] Etymologically, a dean is someone in charge of a group of ten people. That was the meaning of its ancestor, Greek dekānós, a word formed from déka ‘ten’. This eventually came to designate specifically someone in charge of ten monks, and this …

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