decanate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
    — If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity
  2. A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
    — These parishes are divided into 80 decanates or chapters. In each decanate there are from ten to eighteen parishes. At the head of each decanate stands the dean,

词形变化

decanates plural decanates plural

词源

词源 1
Of decan + -ate. Attested from the 17th century.
词源 2
From Medieval Latin decānātus, from Latin decānus. Equivalent to Latin decānus + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare dean.
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