"Dean" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank to the bishop. So called from having been originally appointed to superintend ten canons or prehendaries. 1 Bl. Comm. 382; Co. Lltt. 95; Spelman
The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as,
the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.
A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a
college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical
and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a
bishop.
The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges
or universities.
The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral
condition of the college.
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