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English
Etymology 1
Of decan + -ate. Attested from the 17th century.[1]
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Particularly: “is the suffixation to be understood from the rank or office meaning ? as in: "the realm in which are divided the decans"”
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Noun
decanate (plural decanates)
- (astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
1852, William Lilly, An Introduction to Astrology, page 70:If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity
2007, Kris Brandt Riske, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology, page 31:Each 30° sign is divided into three 10° sections called decanates (figure 11 and chart 5).
Etymology 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.[2]
Noun
decanate (plural decanates)
- (Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
1844, Rev. F.C. Ewald, “Bavaria”, in The Missionary Chronicle, page 18: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,
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References
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Decanate, n.1”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Decanate, n.2”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
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