dean
A senior official of some kind in a university, college, cathedral, church etc.
From Latin decanus, a person in charge of ten people. (Surprisingly, the English word deacon does not come from this root.)
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Re: Dean
In addition, the adjective decanal is also not related to deacon, but to dean.
Deans tend to have a few more than 10 under them nowadays.
Deans tend to have a few more than 10 under them nowadays.
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