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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

dean. The title of various officials. (1) The dean of a cathedral controls its services and, with the chapter, supervises its fabric and property. (2) The heads of the collegiate churches of Westminster and other peculiars which are governed by deans and chapters. (3) The judge in the Arches Court of Canterbury. (4) In the RC Church the Dean (the head) of the Sacred College is a Cardinal Bishop elected by the suburbicarian cardinals from among their number. (5) The Lutheran superintendent and the Calvinist overseer are sometimes styled dean. See also RURAL DEAN.

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