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The Oxford Companion to British History | 2002 | | Copyright

dean. The title is most commonly associated with the priest who presides over the life and work of a cathedral. Originally it evolved from the Latin ‘decem’ (ten) as descriptive of one who had authority over, or the supervision of, a group of ten others. Where a cathedral or collegiate church (e.g. Westminster abbey or St George's, Windsor) had a chapter of canons or prebendaries, the dean was primus inter pares, and rarely had (or has) authority to act apart from the capitular body over which he presided. The statutes governing most English cathedrals give the dean and chapter together a considerable degree of independence from episcopal control. The title ‘dean’ is also held—as ‘rural dean’—by a beneficed clergyman in a part-time capacity. The rural dean is appointed by the bishop to act as a channel of communication between himself and the clergy of the parishes which make up his deanery. The office is an ancient one, revived in the 18th and 19th cents. by pastorally minded bishops. In universities, deans are normally chairmen of faculties.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Dean, Deane, a common place-name, ‘(place in) the valley’, from OE denu: Deane Bolton. Dene 1292. Dean Cumbria. Dene c.1170. Deane Hants. Dene 1086 (DB). Dean, East & Dean, West Hants. Dene 1086 (DB). Dean, East & Dean, West W. Sussex. Dene 8th cent., Estdena, Westdena 1150. Dean, Forest of Glos. foresta de Dene 12th cent. Dean, Lower & Dean, Upper Beds. Dene 1086 (DB), Netherdeane, Overdeane 1539. OE neotherra ‘lower’ and uferra ‘upper’. Dean Prior Devon. Denu 1086 (DB), Dene Pryour 1415. Affix from its possession by Plympton Priory from the 11th cent.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | 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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Dean

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Dean ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which has a double origin. In part it is a local name for someone who lived in a valley (Middle English dene, Old English denu) and in part an occupational name for someone who served as a dean, i.e. ecclesiastical supervisor (Latin decanus). The given name also sometimes represents Italian Dino (a short form of names such as Bernardino), as in the case of the American actor and singer Dean Martin (1917–95).

Variants: Deane, Dene.
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A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Copyright

dean The title is most commonly associated with the priest who presides over the life and work of a cathedral. Originally it evolved from the Latin ‘decem’ (ten) as descriptive of one who had authority over, or the supervision of, a group of ten others. The statutes governing most English cathedrals give the dean and chapter together a considerable degree of independence from episcopal control.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dean / dēn/ • n. 1. the head of a college or university faculty or department. ∎  a college or university official, esp. one with disciplinary and advisory functions. ∎  the leader or senior member of a group. 2. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church. dean2 • n. variant spelling of dene1 .

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

dean Administrative official. In education, a head of administration in a university faculty or medical school. Such an official is also a teacher or lecturer and is responsible for maintaining discipline. In the Anglican Church, the leader of the chapter in a cathedral or collegiate church is a dean. In the Roman Catholic Church, the head of the College of Cardinals is a dean.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dean 2 head of cathedral or collegiate chapter XIV; supervisor of conduct and studies in a college; president of a university faculty XVI. ME. deen, den(e) — AN. de(e)n, OF. d(e)ien (mod. doyen) :- late L. decānus — Gr. dekānós one set over ten, f. déka TEN.
Hence deanery XV.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Dean. The title of various Christian officials, of which the most important are: (i) the head of the chapter of a cathedral; and (ii) the head of the chapter of a collegiate church which is a ‘peculiar’ (independent of any episcopal authority), e.g. Westminster Abbey.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

dean the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via Old French from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dean 1, dene valley. OE. denu, rel. to DEN.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

dean •Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, queen, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean •soybean • buckbean

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