decanal

[ dek-uh-nl, dih-keyn-l ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a dean or deanery:

   decanal responsibilities.

decanal

/ 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

Derived Forms

• deˈcanally, adverb

Other Words From

• deca·nal·ly de·can·i·cal·ly [dih-, kan, -ik-lee], adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of decanal¹

1700–10; < Late Latin decān ( us ) dean + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of decanal¹

C18: from Medieval Latin decānālis, decānus dean

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

But when the door was opened—and it was opened by a butler with all the outward and visible signs of what a decanal butler ought to be—that air of prosperous comfort, of dignity and solid charm, vanished.

From Project Gutenberg

To my surprise, she produced a key of her own, and was about to turn the lock, when I remembered that at this rate I should be deprived for the rest of the night of my only comforts, the warm atmosphere of the library and the decanal arm-chair.

From Project Gutenberg

There, in one of the decanal arm-chairs, I was sitting—in an easy, familiar posture, as if I had been myself a dean— and there beside me, close at hand, within reach of my outstretched arm, was a tall figure in white, clearly a female form, and the precaution had been taken of drawing an ample veil closely around the head and face.

From Project Gutenberg

His antagonist followed him with his eyes, then looked more airily than ever at his plot and the progress made there, considered the weather with his chin at the decanal angle, finally with a flirt of his long coat-tails he went into the house, a happy man and the owner of a vastly improved appetite.

From Project Gutenberg