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decan

  • noun [ masculine ]
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decan, decanon, es; m.
One who has charge of ten monks
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  • Fram decane sí boren

    a decano portetur,

      Angl. xiii. 414, 701: 433, 980.
  • Þurh decanonas

    per decanos,

      R. Ben. 125, 8.
  • Cf. teóþung-ealdor.
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v.  decanon.
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  • decan, n.