Dean
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. decanus; Gr. dekanos, from deka, ten.] In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank to the bishop. So called from having been originally appointed to superintend ten canons or prebendaries.
1 Bl. Com. 382. Co. Litt. 95.
Spelman, voc.
Decanus.
See Decanus.
See Decanus.