Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vice-dean; a dean's substitute or vicegerent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
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- noun An under dean; the
deputy orsubstitute of adean .
Etymologies
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Examples
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James IV. endowed the chapel with large revenues, and in 1501 erected it into a collegiate church for dean, subdean, chanter, sacristan, treasurer, chancellor, archpriests, sixteen chaplains, six singing boys and a choir master.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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On 24 Merch, 1884, he was transferred to the episcopal See of Porto and Santa Rufina to which was annexed the dignity of subdean of the Sacred College.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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At Skara the cathedral chapter consisted latterly of a dean, an archdeacon, a subdean, and twenty-one canons.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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The chapter of Vexiö consisted of dean, archdeacon, subdean, and eleven prebendaries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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This was framed on the usual Norman model, with dean, precentor, chancellor, and treasurer, whose duties were exactly defined, some thirty-two canons, a subdean, and succentor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The cathedral chapter consisted of dean, archdeacon, subdean, and ten canons.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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Parlement of Grenoble, and Pierre l'Hermite, later subdean of
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Pitterweeme, the dean and subdean of Glasgow, Mr. Hugh Spence, Thomas
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By a draft of the statutes written by Wolsey himself it appears, that the permanent members of the college f were intended to consist of a dean, a subdean, sixty canons of the first rank, and forty of the second, thirteen chap - lains, twelve clerks, and sixteen choristers, with professors of Rhetorie,
The life and administration of Cardinal Wolsey Galt, John, 1779-1839 1812
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D. subdean of St. John's, Cam - bridge; March 3, 1725..
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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