decanate

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noun

Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.

OriginMedieval Latin decānātus ← Latin decānus →
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Meanings

decanate1

noundecanate (plural decanates)

plural decanates

  1. astrologyFace, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.

    If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity

    1852, William Lilly, An Introduction to Astrology, page 70
    1 more example

    Each 30° sign is divided into three 10° sections called decanates (figure 11 and chart 5).

    2007, Kris Brandt Riske, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology, page 31

decanate2

noundecanate (plural decanates)

plural decanates

  1. AnglicanismA group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.

    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,

    1844, Rev. F.C. Ewald, “Bavaria”, in The Missionary Chronicle, page 18

Origin

decanate · noun

Of decan + -ate. Attested from the 17th century.

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decanate · noun

  1. Latindecānus
  2. Medieval Latindecānātus
  3. Englishdecanate

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.

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