decann.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 10
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 130 a Moses did then appoint them..Centurians, Quinquagenarians and Decans.
2. Astrology. The chief or ruler of ten parts, or ten degrees, of a zodiacal sign; also this division itself. Cf. decanate n.1
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the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac > third of
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the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac > third of > ruler of
decan1588
decurion1652
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 103 The great Coniunction of Saturne and Iupiter in the last Decane of Pisces.
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. iii. xvi. 391 Angels, who might rule the signs, triplicities, decans, quinaries, degrees and Stars.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Porphyrius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 317 Such of the Egyptians as talk of no other Gods, but the Planets..their Decans, and Horoscopes, and Robust Princes, as they call them.
1812 Buchan in Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 361 Each of these signs is divided into three decans or thirty degrees.
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society > faith > church government > council > chapter > member of chapter > [noun] > head
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1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 477 Symon..decan [1387 Trevisa deen] in the same churche.
1497 Will of John Hawarden (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 47 My brother the decane of the Arches of London.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 11 Wallingford..There is also a Collegiate Chapel..There is a Decane, 4. Prestes, 6. Clerkes and 4. Choristers.
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