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Webster 1913 Edition


Decanal

Dec′a-nal

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
décanal
. See
Dean
.]
Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
His rectorial as well as
decanal
residence.
Churton.
Decanal side
,
the side of the choir on which the dean’s tall is placed.
Decanal stall
,
the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel.
Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decanal

DEC'ANAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to a deanery.
DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens.

Definition 2024


decanal

decanal

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɨˈkeɪn.əl/, /ˈdɛ.kə.nəl/

Adjective

decanal (comparative more decanal, superlative most decanal)

  1. Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Churton
      His rectorial as well as decanal residence.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shipley
      Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed. Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel.
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Etymology 2

From decane + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛkənæl/

Noun

decanal (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) the simple aliphatic aldehyde, CH3(CH2)8CHO, related to capric acid
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