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dean1 /diːn /noun1The head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.The statutes governing most English cathedrals give the dean and chapter together a considerable degree of independence from episcopal control....- Now the dean and chapter of the cathedral has withdrawn its backing, after strong objections by residents.
- The plans are being led by the church's vicar, Canon Derek Jackson, a former dean of Bradford Cathedral.
1.1 (also rural dean, area dean) British A member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry.St David's was built for the Rev Gilbert Holmes, the Protestant dean of Ardfert and a member of the prominent local Holmes family, who had arrived in 1728....- There are other important people in the diocese who have to be there too, such as the archdeacons and rural deans.
- The rural dean is appointed by the bishop to act as a channel of communication between himself and the clergy of the parishes which make up his deanery.
2The head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school.The revenue from those patents goes both to the two inventors and to their universities' deans, department chiefs, and many others....- Gordon was also a major figure in university life, serving two terms as dean of the medical faculty, one term as vice principal, and on many committees.
- As to the first event, the letter from the President of the University seeks from its deans and department heads a statement of vision for their respective schools and departments.
Synonyms faculty head, department head, head of faculty, head of department, college head, provost, university official; head, chief, director, leader, principal, president, governor 2.1(In a college or university, especially Oxford or Cambridge) a senior member of a college, with disciplinary and advisory functions.His sister's married to the son of a head dean at Oxford University....- The college dean subsequently emailed students expressing his great alarm at their dangerous actions.
- Bill Michael is the university's assistant vice president for student life and associate dean of the college.
Origin Middle English: from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus 'chief of a group of ten', from decem 'ten'. Compare with doyen. Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean dean2noun Variant spelling of dene1. |