"Decanus" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
In eoolesiastioal and old European law. An officer having supervision over ten; a dean. A term applied not only to ecclesiastical, but to civil and mlll-tary, officers. Decanus monasticus; a monastic dean, or dean of a monastery; an offi-cer over ten monks. Decanus in majori ecclesi#; dean of a cathedral church, pre-siding over ten prebendaries. Decanus epis-copi; a bishop's or rural dean, presiding over ten clerks or parishes. Dccanus friborgi; dean of a frlborg. An officer among the Saxons who presided over a frlliorg, tithing, decennary, or association of ten lnhabitants; otherwise called a “tithing man,” or “borsholder.” Decanus militaris; a military offl-. cer, havlng command of ten soldiers. Spel
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank …
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