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Later the archpriest was called decanus (dean) and the archdeacon prœpositus (provost).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Hence the "decanus", and lo! the first of all the Deans!
Oxford Frederick Douglas How 1907
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They use lots of Latin words, like "decanus" in their speech.
1UP RSS feed 2010
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Johannes Mayr_, decanus facultatis theologicæ Universitatis
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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"Francis Lockier, S.T.P. qui, cum 15 annos huic'ecclesisB decanus prsefuisset, obiit 17 die Juiii, A.D. 1740, setatis suae 74."
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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Jacobus Wedderj htm, Taoduni in ScoHa natus, sacelli Regii ibidem decanus Dum'» blanensis sedis per annos IF Episcopus, antique probitatis U
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