decanal
/dɪˈkeɪn(ə)l
/ /ˈdɛk(ə)n(ə)l /adjective
1Relating to a dean or deanery.While these may or may not sound credible, the immense difficulty of sustaining a long-term relationship if your partner is unable to stay in college accommodation without decanal permission, is real and tangible....
- Oliver Wilson, a third-year New College Law finalist, has received a decanal summons to explain why he sent what university regulations classify as an ‘abusive email’.
- Like presidents, they return less often to the faculty after their decanal service ends, instead using their deanships as a step upward in an administrative career.
1.1Relating to or denoting the south side of the choir of a church, the side on which the dean sits. The opposite of cantorial.
Origin
Early 18th century: from medieval Latin decanalis, from late Latin decanus (see dean1).