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Decan vs Decani - What's the difference?

decan | decani |

As a noun decan

is the subdivision of a zodiacal sign into a period of 10 days or 10 degrees.

As an adjective decani is

of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal.

decan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astrology) The subdivision of a zodiacal sign into a period of 10 days or 10 degrees.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    decani

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal.
  • * 1988 , Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan (page 105)
  • All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.

    See also

    * cantoris (Webster 1913) ----